The Galleface Promenade and the new Pier, Sri Lanka.

Fun and frolicking with the breezes blowing on ones face, surely this is the way life has to be lived. Photo by Queenie V.

White-rumped Munia stationary and in flight, Hewainna, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The White-rumped Munia - Lonchura striata - feeds on the weeds growing in shrub jungle. Usally about five to six stay to gether and are very brisk in their movements. Please watch a video of it in action by clicking on the web-address below:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhpreXcMuGk

Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Male and female Asian Paradise Flycatchers (Terpsiphone paradisi). Photos taken in our garden at Avissawella, Sri Lanka. They come to pick termites from an earth embankment. I also took a rather blurred video of the female yawning and stretching her limbs just like a human being. You can see this by clicking on the following web address:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcb1w5kYK3g

An additional video for you to enjoy:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=som3Cn9Q74s

Tsunami Memorial, Yala, Sri Lanka.

When a Tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004 on the 26th December it caused severe devastation. A group of Japanese tourists who were camped at this place - Patinagala in Yala were swept away. The photo shows 'Patinagala' - the stony outcrop on the sea-shore. The vertical sail like structures near the foundations of the devastated building, is the memorial erected in memory of the dead. Photo by Queenie V

Pine logs from a plantation near Beragala, Sri Lanka.

Pinus trees were planted on a l;arge area close to the Badulla Highway from Belihul oya. These logs are harvested and transported to Colombo. You see the felled trunks by the roadside on this picture.