Photos of a day's drive around Jaffna Peninsula on a rainy Sunday in November 2012.
I followed Lonely Planet's suggestions about what to see and where to eat. From central Jaffna I drove northwards to see Kantaroda ruins at Chunnakam, then north and north-west to Keerimalai Spring and the coast, and Hindu temples including Maviddapuram Kanthaswamy Kovil. (None of the Hindu temples I visited had any signs in English so it was difficult to know which one I was actually visiting.)
From there I returned south to Chunnakam and turned east to drive towards Puttur, where I had lunch at Sri Murugan cafe. Sri Murugan cafe is not labelled as such on the outside, and there is no image of Murugan on the cafe's exterior. Yet it is worth making the effort to find the cafe, and Lonely Planet's directions to it are accurate.
From there I drove north-east to Valvettiturai and Point Pedro, then turned south again along the coast towards Elephant Pass before noting my navigation error and turning north again. Near Nelliady I turned south-west and returned to Jaffna in late afternoon.