From Anuradhapura over Trincomalee to Batticaloa

The day started very promising, without rain all evening and not looking like it would rain soon. 

 

The first breakfast Sri Lanka style

Due to these conditions we decided to drive straight to Trincomalee. The road is brand new and as not as much traffic as the ones along the coast did.

People in Sri Lanka use their bicycles not only to  travel faster but also as a mean to transport goods, like wood in this case.

They actually ride the bike when it's loaded

Nice trees along the road

We have seen all kinds of animals on the road, from dogs to monkeys but, to be honest I wasn't expecting to see a deer crossing.

Seeside in Trincomalee

Besides cows enjoying the soft sand near the waves crashing downs, there was no one else there.

Lunch

On the way to Batticaloa we meet this pal chilling on the wire.

Preparing the rice fields

Max. allowed speed in Sri Lanka

We saw a lot of fisherman drying their fish right beside the road, you're very lucky that the internet doesn't transmit the smell of it :-)

Today we got stopped by the police for the first time.

Several sorts of rice in the supermarket

The most part of the signs along the are unreadable for us.

Dinner