Wesak lanterns being made, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Video:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TGY9k3HAsg

'Orchid House', Peradeniya Gardens, Sri Lanka.

The 'Orchid House', Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.

Flower plants for sale, Waters Edge, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A new site for sale of all types of plants for the home garden, is situated in a cleared land opposite the Parliament roundabout on the road to Malabe. It attracts a large crowd. A few pictures from the site.

Two outstanding orchid flowers.

Toque macaque, with its characteristic cap of hair.

Sri Lanka's endemic monkey, the toque macaque, has a characteristic cap of hair. Living close to households they raid the fruit trees like mango, rambuttan. They ruin the produce from the coconut tree by plucking the young fruits. They enter the kitchen through open windows and carry away food items. They can become aggressive and attach children. Here you see one of them sitting on a telephone cable surveying the area.