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| Jaffna Bus Service |
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This
is a picture you could only see in Jaffna, where lorries are converted
into buses for the purpose of transporting people. However if you really
notice these are not lorries, but rather Military Wagons used by the
british and the proof of that is evident since their number plate starts
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| Presentation @ St.John's College |
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Here
you can see a presentation being conducted on "What's inside a
Computer" at the Petro Hall at St.John's College. Students from
St.John's College, Chundikuli and St.Patricks were all assembled here. |
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| Palmyrah - The Symbol |
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I
am sure that those who are abroad, will definitely miss seeing Palmyrah.
I must mention that, when we went to Jaffna it was the monsoon season
and some of us went with with great hope for a bottle of toddy. But
at the end we had to be satisfied with normal Coconut Toddy. Sad isn't
it... I told them may be next time :-) |
| A Railway Bridge |
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If
you look closely you can see a rail road bridge which runs across the
river. Unfortunately there is nothing left except that bridge and it
will take years for the train service to resume in the Jaffna region. |
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| St.John's Computer Lab |
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This
is the St.John's College Computer Lab. A student can pay Rs 3000 to
learn computer basics here. However now Computer has become a compulsory
subject for A/L students from this year. |
| Facilities at Computer Lab |
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a photo showing how comprehensive the computer lab is at St.John's college.
You can notice each computer has a CD ROM, and also the lab is equipped
with Scanners, Printers and a Multimedia Projector. |
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| Board for Female Carders |
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Just
managed to click this shot while traveling on our way to Vanni. This
is a picture of a board which says something about the Female LTTE carders. |
| Madam |
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| Madam on
the veethy at back of the temple ajoining the Mangarkarasi School. During
Nallur festival all the days feeding the poor with quality lunch takes
place at this madam (Pilgrims Rest) (Information provided by Gnana from Nallur now in Canada) |
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| Goods going into Jaffna in Lorries |
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Lorries
lined in a queue waiting to be checked at the LTTE check point - probably
for taxing purposes - Yes LTTE levies an import duty on goods coming
through their controlled areas. |
| Building with Bullet Holes |
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This
is a building we saw in Chavakachcheri which was scared with bullet
holes. 90% of the buildings in this area were damaged, in fact most
of them lay as piles of rubble on the ground. Both the Govt and LTTE
used heavy MBRL (Multi Barrel Rocket Launchers) in the battle over Chavakachcheri). |
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