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 I am a freelance photographer, who has a passion for taking pictures of Colonial India. I have taken several outstanding pictures. On of the pictures which I had shot is published in an American Book "Endless Journeys" ISBN-0-7951-5247-7
I Specialise in Photography & Investigation of Colonial Portuguese, British, French, Dutch and Danish Buildings, Forts and Churches in India and Sri Lanka
I have covered extensivelly many forgotten sites in South India and Sri Lanka
I have a an extensive detailed library of around 4000+ High Quality Digital Pictures, which can be used for Publishing, etc.
By Qualification I am an Engineer, and have around 5 years experience in Technical Hardware Engineering. However my passion always been Photography and Travel. I have dedicated most of my weekends and Leave for this purpose.
I have some 187 Super High Quality Pictueres of Resolution of Tranquebar and around 800 Super High Quality Pictures of Sri Lanka - Galle, Colombo, Kandy and TrincomaleLower Quality pictures can be viewed at
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MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Specialise in Photography & Investigation of Colonial Portuguese, British, French, Dutch and Danish Buildings, Forts and Churches in India and Sri Lanka
- I have covered extensivelly many forgotten sites in South India and Sri Lanka
- I have a an extensive detailed library of around 4000+ High Quality Digital Pictures, which can be used for Publishing, etc.
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City: Bangalore
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We leave Kandy after lunch at the Kandy City Mission. The receptionist at the Kandy City Mission is very helful, and takes down our Mobile numbers and also gives us her number.
We take a bus to Dambula, which is a connecting Town. We reach Dambula at around 4 PM. it is raining. The crowd is excited as Sri Lanka has just won a match against England in the local stadium.
We try and communicate with the local crowd to try and get information on buses to get to Trinco. We have difficuly communicating with the locals as none of them speak English, unlike as in Colombo, Galle or Kandy. We finally talk to some labourers, who are lifting gunny bags - They speak a little bit of Tamil. Now a crowd gathers around us, when they come to know that we are from India. People ask us how big is India, How is the economy, etc. They guide us to a junction where we can get the Bus to Trinco.
At the junction, we wait at a fancy stores, owned by a tamil muslim. The owner's son is very excited to know that we are from India and asks us about Sachin and Ganguly.
Finally the bus to Trinco arrives, a local sinhalese girl excitedly runs to us to inform this. We were a little bit disappointed that the bus was not a non - stop A/c bus, but an ordinary bus, open air - like those seen in Tamil Nadu.
The bus conductor on seeing that we are not locals immediately hikes the bus fare. The bus travels at top speed, occasionally passing through Sinhalese villages. The road is deserted.
We were told by our contact in Kandy that the road to Trinco after freshly laid after the cease-fire. And because of so many years of the ethnic conflict the roads were not used at all and as a result these paths were being used by wild elephants. And often crossed path with the vehicles passing this route.
As we approach the Tamil areas we see a sudden change. The house and shops look more like Tamil Nadu and the name boards are pre-dominately displayed in tamil.
We land up at Trinco Town at around 7:30 and it is fast turning dark. People look at us suspision. Auto drivers are not coming near us to ask where we want to go. A poster at the bus stop shows advetises Thirumalai of popular Tamil actor Vijay. A loudspeaker play popular tamil Hit songs.
We try and contact the Local lead which was given to to us - Mr. Dharma pala. We speakto him and he promises to come. However even after 1 hour he fails to come. We start to look out for a place to stay.
Trinco being a war - ravaged region, there is very little of infrastructure. The few hotels which exist were all filled up. Finally the Telephone Booth Owner a tamil muslim offers to help. He suggests a couple of Hotels. He calls a Rickshaw driver and asks him to take us to the Hotel Harbour View.
The Auto driver takes us through the streets of Trinco. The strets are dark, and the roads are narrow and not tarred. The streets are deserted with only SL army men patrolling. We were carrying a lot of expensive electronic goods and were a little afraid.
We reach the Harbour View Hotel - quite an impressive one, however no rooms free. Finally the Auto Driver offers to take us to another Hotel - Khan's residency. Here we talk to the Proprietor Tricky Khan - who happens to be quite Tricky. He quotes SLR 2000 for a room. We refuse, after much haggling he agrees to bring it down to SLR 1000
We then go out to get food, walking in the deserted dark streets. We finally find a shop where we buy some biscuits.
Being tired form the journey, we wake up late in the Morning at leave the Lodge at 12 Noon.
Our first visit it to Fort Fredick and the Koneshwaram temple on the top. We strike a conversation with a Sri Lankan army guy. We ask for permission to photograh the Army outpost - he refuses, asking us to get permission from the Regiment commander.
Another amazing sight is the deers which roam the streets - like common dogs. In fact they have been so much used to the humans, that they ignore their presence. They eat rice and we also saw a big ankler chasing away street dogs with its horns and eating rice. Deers roam the beaches, grazing, scavenging along the beaches.
The entrance to Fort Fredrick is quite impresive, it has the British Emblem with the words "Mon Dieu et mon Droit" - we ask the sentry at the gate permission to shoot a picture of the Entrance, he refuses.
Warning signs are all round Prohibiting Photography.
The Army camp at Fort Fredrick is pretty much like an ordinary Indian Army base. Most of the areas are out of bounds.
On top of the Fort Fredrick is the famous Konneshwaran Temple. Ancient temple which was destroyed by Portuguese shelling in the 16th century. The Temple is at the peak is covered by the sea from three sides. Some spectacular views can be seen from here. We shots some very beautiful photos here.
On our back from the Fort Fredrick, the Guard whom we had met earlier strikes a conversation with us. Asking us about India and commenting about the cease fire.
Later in the afternoon, we see Trinco Town, pausing at the UN Office and Trinco Harbour. After which we go to the go the Trinco Beach. There are any tourists here. It is a virgin beach. A few fishing boats are in the sea. We spend some quality time here.
I take out into the town a little bit and see the damages of the ethnic conflict. The North Eastern Building an old colonial building has been completly shelled.
And in centre of all these I see a staute of Mahatma Gandhi.
The people of Trinco are very quite and polite and also very helpful. The Tamil spoken here is comprehendable and very much like that spoken in Tamil Nadu.
We also pass a old Dutch Cemetry with huge pillars. We also pass a temple with a clock.
Night is fast approaching as we vacate the room to proceed to Colombo on the Night Train. As we near the Trinco Station we hear LTTE cadre urging people to celebrate Marty's Week in a grand way.
Our train leaves Trinco, and after some confusion with the seats we finally settle down towards the last leg of our journey.
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