Pasekudah and Kalkudah are two very fine beaches in the East Coast. ‘Kudah’ is a Tamil word that describes a rock bay. Kalkudah is a coastal town which used to be quite the tourist destination before the war. Now it is a quiet town occupied mostly by people who used to work at the local hotels, before they were destroyed one way or another by the war and the tsunami.The two beaches form an ideal stretch for bathing, windsurfing and water skiing. See video - traveling to the east coast by a local bus