Last day in Jaffna...

The day started fairly early...we were on the road by 7:30am...wanted to get down to the town docks to see the fishing boats...too early to steal a tuktuk, so we flagged a guy down.  He happened to be taking his kids to school, so we went along...

...the kids seemed ok with it...a little curious.  We got the kids to school on time, then off to the boats...

 ...we hadn't had breakfast,  so we dropped into the world famous Gowri...

...as reported in the Michelin Guide, the place was hoppin'...

 ...also as reported, the food was 5 stars...we did a little stroll to settle breakfast...saw some fish drying...

Sri Lanka was first invaded by the Portuguese in the 1500's...they built a big old fort, then the Dutch kicked their asses out, and rebuilt the thing in the 1600's...we went to see if they were still hanging around...

 Nope...still, it was pretty cool.

 ...and here are the gallows...

...Jaffna is one of the most educated places in Sri Lanka...here is the library, the first building rebuilt after the war...

...I don't know why, but they had a statue of old slow hand (Eric Clapton) out front playing a guitar type thing...they gave him 4 hands because he could play so fast...

...so tomorrow we head back to Anuradhapura because we can, and it's a central jumping off point to get to a bunch of other places.  Went to the train station, but they wouldn't sell us a ticket because it's too close to the time we leave.  I know, I know...I don't get it either.  There was a cute little boy in front of us...

...hanging on to Dad's leg, but still curious.  Tomorrow, the adventure continues.