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Neduntheevu (Delft) and Mr Blogg's Bridge

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Some thoughts on DBS Jeyaraj's blog of 19th July  about eco-tourism in Neduntheevu or Delft  (check out http://dbsjeyaraj.com/dbsj/archives/2576 ) .   I have been to Neduntheevu maybe once or twice when I was much younger and on holiday in the home of family friends in Tellipillai,  and  twice since the war ended.  the morning ferry from Jaffna kottakelengu On my last visit   I spent almost twenty four hours on the island, arriving on the morning ferry from the mainland, and returning, not on the boat that returned visitors at 2 pm  but by the ferry that went out again the following morning.   We travelled around the island by truck and motor bike, had meals with Nelson and his family, drank palmyrah toddy,  bit  the kottakelangu,  and spent the night  in the home of Printha and her parents. the ponies In this time, I had a brief first hand experience of life as it is lived in Neduntheevu, while drinking  in the beauty of plains with their feral ponies, marvelli