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finally

by | Dec 11, 2014 | Negombo, Sri Lanka, Words

On the night train from Jaffna to Colombo. Listening to Friedrich Kuhlau. The third class is not as nightmarish as expected. Wagon A I bet is a former second class, but wreckaged, still does the rail, still serves for a three class ticket and quite suitable, for now....

pieces

by | Dec 9, 2014 | Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Words

What I love about Jaffna… Around the Fort, the main sightseeing spot of Jaffna, on a cute seaview road, part of the reconstruction program, with some luscious green shreds for the cows and goats and stony benches for couples to enjoy sunset, sunrise, their...

outrageous

by | Dec 7, 2014 | Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Words

I arrived in Jaffna in the evening, in my astonishment a reflection of a magnificient train ride up north from Colombo, clattering over paddy fields, swamp land, herons, crows, eagles blinding the dim sun, a vastness of moist green, next to me a navy commander...