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(Sunset in India, From I. Lockwood)
(Northern Jaffna, From I. Lockwood)
Summary of what we did day to day:
*3:45-4:00 Meet at school for
bus ride north
*7:30 Mihintale stretch
*8:30 Breakfast at
Anuradhapura
11:00 Elephant Pass pause
*1:00 arrive in Point Pedro
*1:30 Lunch near
Kankesanturai (KKS)
*2:00-6:00-6:00 Visit to Point
Pedro area & Keeramalai
springs.
*7:00 Arrival and dinner at
Thinai
*8:30 Reflection time
*10:00 Bedtime
*6:00 Tea
*7:00 Breakfast at Thinai
*8:00-830 Departure for
Nainativu (Nagadepam)(or
possibly Delft Island)
*9:00-2:00 Nainativu
(Nagadepam) or Delft
exploration
*2:00 Lunch at Thinai
*4:00-6:00 Jaffna Cultural
exploration (TBA) including
Jaffna Fort, Library and
Nallur Temple
*7:00-8:00 Dinner in Jaffna
Town
*9:00 Reflection time
*10:00 Bedtime
*6:00 Tea
*7:00 Breakfast at Thinai
*8:00-10:00 Jaffna cultural
sites not visited yet.
11:00 Departure for Island
(via Pooneryn)
1:00: Mannar Fort
Exploration
2:00 Lunch at Hotel Agape
3:00-6:00 Afternoon service
work & island visit
*9:00 Reflection time
*10:00 Bedtime
*5:30-8:00 Flamingo (and other
birds) watching
*8:30-Breakfast at Agape
*10:0 Depart Mannar
*1:00 roadside lunch
3:00-4:00 Mihintale short stop
5:00-6:00 Arrival at Back of
Beyond (BoB) Pidurangala
*6:30 Night walk looking for
amphibians, reptiles and the
Slender Loris.
*9:00 Dinner at BoB Pidurangala
*10:00 Bedtime
*6:00-9:00 Pidurangala
sunrise climb/hike
*9:30 Breakfast at Back of
Beyond
*11:00-12:00 Start drive back
to Colombo
*1:00 Short stop at Arankalee?
(TBA)
*2:00 Lunch on the road
*4:00-5:00 Return to Colombo.