Days Among the Palmyras - Chapter 3

Sign Post at Point Pedro (Source: Pintrest)Our last morning in Jaffna saw us up bright and early on our way to Point Pedro. I think it’s fair to say that traffic in Jaffna is far more civilized than the chaos we encounter on the roads of Colombo on a daily basis. The town of Point of Pedro was quiet and peaceful, with just a few people out and about their morning business. When we got to the precise...

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Days Among the Palmyras - Chapter 2

Morning came bright and windy as we set off on our way to Nagadeepa the next day. As we travelled towards the Jaffna Pannai Bridge, which joins the mainland and the island of Kayts, the road took us through some of the cities that make up the peninsula. Some of the now abandoned buildings and houses in these towns still bear the scars of war, a few have even been reduced to nothing but blackened shells,...

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