Sunset at Sedawaththe, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Sedawaththe is a very old settlement on the left bank of the Kelany Ganga. In ancient times ships bringing produce from overseas anchored here. In later times timber in the form of tied logs were transported on the river from the forests up stream and a lot of timber mills were erected here.

Sunset at Wellawaththe beach, Sri Lanka.

Two scenes, Sri Lanka.

Sweet shop, Lellopitiya.

 The above picture shows an all-night sweet shop on the Rathnapura - Pelmadulla road.

Sunset at Ambulgama.

There is always a beautiful sunset to view anywhere in Sri Lanka. The one above I saw on the  Low-level road past Hanwella on the road to Colombo.

The watchers of the sunset, Galle-face beach, Colombo Sri Lanka.

It is a daily ritual and every day a new sight meets the eye. Photo by Queenie V.

Batticaloa sunset hours, late 1980s, Sri Lanka

 I had a Yashica camera in the late 1980s with a preselected aperture size and a variable shutter speed determined by the light input. This was a revolutionary concept at that time. I took these pictures with that camera. The lens quality on this camera was not very good. I subsequently sold this and got a better quality SLR.

Kallady beach at sunset, Sri Lanka

Children jogging on the sea-shore, going past an outrigger canoe beached on the sand at Kallady, beach, Batticaloa

Sunset on Wellawaththe, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture of a sunset at Wellawaththe, Sri Lanka in 2009.

Golden sunset, Wellawaththe, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture on 12/2/2010 from the Wellawaththe beach. Camera used was a Fuji Finepix S 1500.

Sunset over the Kelany Ganga at Hanwella, Sri Lanka.

The gently flowing Kelany Ganga at sunset, is the theme of this photo which I took at Hanwella. It is a peaceful scene, which produced tranquility for the mind. The Kelany Ganga was one of  the means of transport from Colombo into the interior of Sri Lanka, upto the late 19th century. The route to the Kandyan Kingdom was by boat upto Kosgama and then by land via Karawanella. Timber was tied together as logs and was transported via the Kelany Ganga from its upper reaches, to the timber mills lining the banks of the river at Sedawaththe, in the outskirts of Colombo. The Portuguese built a fort at Hanwella to control this traffic. The Dutch enlarged the fort. The remains of this fort now houses the Rest-House at Hanwella.