Trincomalee

On the far eastern shoreline of Sri Lanka, the port town of Trincomalee hugs the same deep-water harbor that made it a powerful trading port even as early as 400 BC. Watch out for the lines of kaleidoscopic fishing boats and trading vessels that speckle the beach and the quaysides; a testimony to just how important the ocean is in these parts. Another historic POI waits at Fort Fredrick, where the Dutch once encamped.