Sri Lanka has some 500 km north to south. The northernmost point is called Point Pedro. They say there is the second large settlement on Jaffna Peninsula but if fact it is little remote township. It took me almost 2 hours on the junk bus (75 rupees) to get there from Jaffna. The bus is nneaking and making many detours to the little
villages, so it is a chance to see day-to- day life of tge local Tamils. I like that! But the heat! In Point Pedro the life goes much slower. More then a hundered little fishing boat has here a natural shelter behind the reef – on the white beaches. There are colonial churches and Dutch toll gate to see. And of course the lighthouse built on the northern tip of the territory. Can you see it in the background on the picture?. 31m high, it does not work any more – just nearby they built the new radio navigation tower. What I liked most in Point Pedro? The people: returning smiles and greetings, talking to the stranger… Maybe because I was the only tourist in Point Pedro today?
