I remember the lovely holiday we had in Trincomalee. This came to my mind when I heard the sad news of a death of one of my relations. News was sad but the holiday we had in Trincomalee was very interesting.

I was very young and must have been ten or eleven. Only interesting things you could remember. Five of us went on this holiday. We took the train to Trincomalee. Those days trains were not so fast and took us one whole day to go there. I remember tasty  ‘vadaies’ we bought at Krunagala Station. This Station was  famous for  ‘vadaies’. Everybody wait for the train to stop here and buy ‘vadies’. Hope they still have these famous ‘vada’ sellers in Krunagala and Polghawela.

That day the train was very long. It was two trains. One part going to Jafna and the other part going to Trincomalee. Things are better in Jafna now,  I would love to visit that part of the country again. In one station we had to wait long for the train to split up. My mother got up early that day and cooked our lunch. She prepared ‘bad mull’. These are rice and curry wrapped up in clean banana leaves. They smells nice and warm. Normally they cook  ‘samaba’ rice better than basmati here and dahal, fried dry fish and beans or bringales. It is a nice combination of vegetables and rice. I still can remember the taste of  food we had that day in the train. We were eating our lunch in the train and train was wee zing through a jungle and my sister spotted a lone elephant far away. I wish I had a camera. That elephant I still can remember enjoying in the wild and no care in the world. I got the picture in my memory probably better than a camera.

Other things I could remember from this holiday are visit to hot water wells and trip round Trincomalee Harbour in a motor boat. There seven hot water wells in this area.

Trip in the motor boat, everybody enjoyed. It was new luxury boat and still can see my mother and father relaxing in the boat.See was blue and it was a sunny evening.Can still hear father talking lot of nonsense to show others that he knows everything. This was a private boat only our relations were there. Luckily it was not a public boat. So it was very relaxing and that may be why my father talk so much.

Other than this I cannot remember anything about this holiday. Only the interesting things and lovely times we had I can remember. These things apply to everything in life. If you enjoy your studies and find it interesting you do well in your chosen field. Things you find interesting and enjoyable stays in your memory.