Point Pedro - a triad of emotions.

With some other backpackers we met at the guesthouse we piled into Kevin and head north to Point Pedro to see what the rest of Jaffna surrounds had to offer. 
We were excited, shocked and saddened by what we found...

We were excited to see beautiful white sand beaches with not a single other person on them!!

We were shocked to see so much destruction. Mostly from the Tsunami, but alot from the war aswell. Just beautiful buildings in a beautiful part of the world, destroyed and left destroyed. It really makes you wonder what happened to the owners...

And we were saddened to see another visual reminder of the destruction of our oceans, and just how far the hand of greed reaches...

Sustainable fishing on a local level is one thing.. I would never think to deprive a person of their right to fish to feed their families. 
But fishing for sharks and rays (mantaray, eagle ray etc) purely to export to China for their fins is something completely different and sad beyond words..

Poor baby sharks....

Does anyone know what this shark is? I know it's a baby but it was red and had really small eyes. I'm thinking deep-sea? Or bottom dwelling?