Amirthagaly, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Cadjan tent over fine sand for the children to play

Collection of pedal boats near a jetty

Video:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp8Wgol9v1w

Pleasure boats, Amirthagaly, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Boats for hire

Swan-look pedal boat

Boats for hire at Amirthagaly, Batticaloa. Quite a few families come here in the evenings to enjoy a ride.

Amirthagaly, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

Entrance to boat yard

Boats for hire

A place for relaxation by hiring boats is available at Amirthagaly on the side of the Batticaloa lagoon.

Lass wearing a 'chimikki' - ear stud pendant, Kalmunai, Sri Lanka.

A 'chimikki' is a pendant worn on the ear stud and is quite popular in Batticaloa.

Kallaaru bridge, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

Kallaaru bridge

A paddy harvester and container on the bridge

New roads have brought various benefits to the East of Sri Lanka. Paddy harvesters are being used on the large paddy fields here.

The bridge at Kallaaru, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.

On the bridge - Kallaaru

View from the bridge

The new post-tsunami built bridge gave these views.

Bridge and Hindu temple, Kallaaru, Batticaloa.

The post-Tsunami bridge at Kallaaru, Batticaloa.

Hindu temple on the beach at Periya Kallaaru.

Everything is part of the post-Tsunami reconstruction.