Gnanams Hotel and a bullock cart held as an exhibit there, Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Car park at the Gnanams Hotel.

Rooms at Gnanams Hotel.

The under-carriage of a bullock cart.

The wheel-mount of a bullock cart.

The method of assembling a bullock cart has not changed much over the millenia. The bullock-cart  was a common site on the roads till a decade ago. It is a rare site now.

Sights of Jaffna Town, Sri Lanka.

Optometrist.

Gnanams Hotel.

Sights of Jaffna Town, Sri Lanka.

Scenes of Jaffna Town, Sri Lanka.

An empty vegetable market early in the morning.

The road to 'Muththavely'.

The road to 'Pannai'.

Point-Pedro and Manalkaadu, Sri Lanka.

Jetty at Point-Pedro.

Former 'customs shed' near the Point-Pedro jetty.

Point-Pedro is called 'Paruththi-thurai' - Cotton exporting harbour - in Thamil. I have seen a few cotton shrubs growing in Vallai-vely close by. As a school boy at Hartley In the 1950s I have seen sailing boats called 'Vallams' anchored near this jetty. Paddy was transported here from Batticaloa and salt was exported from here. A large ware-house called the 'Kittangi' was near the bus-stand about 200 meters away, where the items imported were stored.

Burial site of the Tsunami victims at Manalkaadu.

Houses built for the Tsunami victims at Manalkaadu.

The Tsunami wiped out a large village on this coastline bordering the Indian Ocean, on the north-eastern side of Sri Lanka. Quite a few houses have been built more inland using foreign aid.