Showing posts with label Nauw-gala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nauw-gala. Show all posts

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Nauw-gala, Kegalle, Sri Lanka.

On the outskirts of Kegalle, on the road to Colombo, you see this huge rock. Since it resembled a ship it was called 'Nauw-gala' ('ship-rock') in Sinhalese. It is a popular pastime to climb to the summit of this rock by waling on steep footpaths.