Jaffna
We all decided to go to Jaffna for a vacation , actually my father and I wanted to go only, but my mother jumped in and we couldn’t leave my brother alone so he was forced to come, since he always sit in front of the computer he should have some experience about Jaffna.
And so we got our tickets to Jaffna and we got on the train at 10:30 traveled to vayunia and took a bus to Jaffna. We went to our grand mothers place, but somebody was there and he said that there is no place for us to live in, my father got tempered because our grandmother said that we can live there. My father said he can put them out, but they said they are paying to live there so my father left them alone and he’ll deal with it with my grandmother.
My family
Then after the argument we went off to my great grand father’s house. It was alright , we got a room ,Urg a room with no fan, only a light and two wooden beds, we managed .But the awesome thing was that there was a cat! I loved cats but I love dogs more than cats, there was a dog , but it always barked at us whenever he sees us, so we played with the cat it was great.
The cat on my brother's lap
After we settled , we went to a restaurant to eat , food was okay. The next day we took the bus to my grand father’s old house , where my father lived, it was all broken up , some people stole certain statues and oak wood that held the roof. The land was so huge! And when my father entered the house a coconut fell from a tree which my father planted when he was small. It was kind of a welcome back sign. I wanted to climb a tree , my father warned e that some trees have spike caterpillars on them, I climbed and when i touched the side of the tree , there was a whole much of spike caterpillars! After we looked around we went to a coconut field, but to our disappointment it was empty , they cut all the tree down. And we walked so long for that then we had to walk back again about 5km, we had no water, it was like we were in a desert.
Back side of the house
Front side of the house
Finally we reached a bus stand and came back to Jaffna city, we roamed around bought some items, prices are so high for the dried fishes and the auto guys are asking so much money to go to near places , just because we look so rich cause of the clothes we wear.
The interesting part was that my mother and I were the only ones wearing pants and a top, Everyone else was wearing Punjab , skirts or saris , everyone stared at us. So I wore a skirt and blouse , no body stared, so I was cool We went to the beach, too bad it was barricaded, we walked all the way there for nothing. Then we found another place, it wasn’t barricaded this time, we swam and the water was so clear that I found a big seashell , I found 4 of them . My mother wanted 3 to give to her friends. After all the laughter on our way , my dad spotted one of our relations house , it was very old obliviously . The walls were full of writings and hearts with arrows through them. We took pictures here and there. It was great.
After all that luck we went to a restaurant to eat dinner, went home and slept. The next day we headed for home, we took the bus at 9:30 and we took 2nd class tickets for the train , which cost 400/= RS each. But it was a disappointment, our seats were full of cockroaches , my father got angry and started swearing out loud! He made complaint, then we got another free seat. Oh well at least we got a free seats and then we headed for home. We arrived home at about 9:30 pm , took a bath, and slept…
And everyone liked Jaffna at last . Phew what a trip , it was a nice experience anyway.
Inthira
Me inside the building
Old buildings
