Our friends with friends, Martov Rest in Jafne, began quite difficult, more precisely, the path to the city itself. Arriving in Colombo, we began to look for the opportunity to get to Japhne, because our tour, unfortunately, did not provide for travel to the hotel. At first we had a trip to the city of Waving, because it could be directly reached by Jafna from it. We reached there without adventure. Finding finally a bus next to Japhne, we were horrified. Not only was he old and dull, so he was also clogged completely. Waiting for an hour and a half the following flight, which, according to the driver, was supposed to be newer, we did not want, so it was somehow sitting on one leg inside the bus with all my own things, we moved down. I will probably never forget this trip. But finally, we got to the city.
In truth, I imagined him otherwise. Pretty desert terrain, some vegetation, compared with the same capital, and most importantly - the consequences of many years of civil war. Here, the real mine fields have been preserved, looking at which I have already started to regret what came, there are destroyed buildings and houses, although there are already a lot of restored.
We settled at the Kais Guest House, worth $ 39 per person per day. If you do not assume that the rooms are very small, the hotel is quite good. The room has air conditioning, the Internet, new furniture, the whole technique is working.
We rested the first day after moving, and on the second went to study the island. Tourists here quite a little, but there is. Most of them are from Europe.
With full-fledged excursions in Jafne, everything is bad. To other cities, too, to go problematically too far, so the only entertainment here is to inspect the city itself.
In the city, despite the partial destruction, there is something to see. Catching Tuk-Tuk - the most common transport on Sri Lanka, we asked us to bring us to Fort Japhne. The trip cost us 120 rupees. Next, from there, also on Tuk-Tuk went to the local archaeological museum and the library, where they stayed almost until the evening.
The next three days we devoted excursions to local shrines. The most wonderful, for my taste, is the Kandas Temple. It is located in the city of Molacer, which is not far from Japhne. We traveled there by bus, already newly and spacious.
To the word, temples and churches in the vicinity there are a lot, there are even Catholic.
In the penultimate day of the trip, not knowing how else to occupy yourself, we asked the local resident who spoke to English quite well, which is rare, show us the city center. To our joy, he agreed, and even for free, he categorically refused money. The entire population of the city is very friendly and welcoming. We tried to invite us several times to visit or treat something from local cuisine. At the same time this is done not with some bad goal, but absolutely disinterested.
The sea here is wonderful, though very small. Even far from the shore may be no more than the belt. Water pleasantly pleased, was very warm, about 28 degrees. Yes, and the air temperature was quite high - about 30 degrees. We did not set our goals to tan, but they were not brighter to their homeland than the locals of Sri Lanka.
But the beaches in the best traditions of the 60s. There are practically no sun beds, umbrellas, too, the beaches themselves adapted to relax. Not far there are small shops with water, products and various inflatable swimming toys. There was no freshwater soul on the beach.
We went to the beach after 5 pm and stayed until the sunset, which is just fabulous here.
Food in Jafne is a separate story. Going to the local cafe and ordering rice, what was my surprise when I brought it on a sheet of some plants.
In another restaurant there were no such surprises and the food was served traditional for us. Food in the city is quite cheap. On three, we have never given more than 30 dollars for lunch.
On the last day we decided to finally go shopping in the city to buy souvenirs. As a result, they scored a bunch of spices, especially curry, rice vodka and tea. For all this was given 60 dollars.
In general, despite the fact that Jafna is a pretty specific place to rest, it is necessary to visit it. I hope that when I go there the next time, I would really like to do this, I will find a full-fledged developed resort there, in which only memories of local residents remained about the Civil War.