Trincomalee, Eastern Sri Lanka

The recorded history of Trincomalee spans more than 2500 years and is one of the oldest cities in Asia - it has served as a major maritime seaport in the international trading history of the island within South East Asia.

British Occupation c 1900

Trincomalee was made into a fortified port town following the Portugese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom in the early 1600s, changing hands between the Danish in 1620, the Dutch, then the French following a battle of the American Revolutionary War and the British in 1795, finally being absorbed into the British Ceylon state in 1815. Attacked by the Japanese as part of the Indian Ocean raids during World war II in 1942. The city also has the largest Dutch fort on the island.

FORT FREDERICK

 

Arthur Wellesley, later, 1st Duke of Wellington visited whilst a Colonel in the British East India Company, the bungalow he resided in is known as Wellesley Lodge which is inside Fort Fredrick and now is the officer's of the 2nd (Volunteer) battalion of the Gajaba Regiment of the Sri Lankan Army.
 

Gokana Temple

Trincomalee War Cemetry - 1939-1945

  A Credit to the Custodians

At the Markets......

 Hunting for trinkets

Birds, Bikes & Balls

  On the Beaches

  

"I'll have 1 cold Lion beer please"

 
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie...check out the legs...

Trincomalee's Oldest Cemetery

Check out our eatery

first roll it out......

now flip it around in the air

keep flipping it until you get a MEGA ROTI

 your choice of roti parcels for lunch...

 ...and at night.....

 Sharon's favourite...Kotthu Roti

 Our Recommended Accommodation...only the best

Dykes Rest Beach Resort
228 Dykes Street, Dutch Bay, Trincomalee
( http://www.dykerest.comuv.com/index.html ) 

with a back door right on the beach......

So ends a wet, rainy holiday in Trincomalee, but we still had loads of fun.  Our next stop is Batticaloa

A Stroll through Jaffna City Markets

Much of our journey was inspired by the SBS Series - "My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita" (available on DVD from SBS Australia)

Every city, town and village in Sri Lanka has it's Central Markets, but Jaffna Markets features high in the spices and fragrances of this tropical island.

every spice you can imaging used in cooking

all forms of dried fish for curries

piles of fresh grown vegatables

4 different types of bananas

don't forget the coconuts

sweets, toffees, chilli peanuts, lollies, mixed nibblies.....

plenty of trinkets, cooking pots, jewellery to keep even Sharon interested

Finally the Grand Finale - LUNCH

Curried Mutton (Goat) & Vegetables, wrapped in Roti, covered in breadcrumbs & deep fried with Milk Tea

So ends a long day with an all time favourite.....