Water Lilies - 'Nil Manel' S - Nymphaea stellata, Kahahena, Waga, Sri Lanka.

Hibiscus flowers,'Vadha mal' S - Hibiscus rosa sinensis (Dehradun), Sri Lanka.

Farmers at work on a paddy field, Atale, Sri Lanka.

Manual work with a mammoty.

Ploughing in tandem using two pairs of 'water-buffalos'.

Ploughing using a two-wheeled single cylinder diesel tractor.

The water-buffalos are still used in small fields. The two-wheeled diesel tractors are replacing the buffalos in ploughing and threshing. Small mechanised threshers are also being gradually introduced. In paddy fields with a large acreage tractors and combine harvesters are being hired for use. The latter is causing unemployment among the village folk.

A jungle stream, Alupola, Rathnapura, Sri Lanka.

Scenes from the Beira Lake near the Nawaloka hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The suspension bridge connecting to the island in the Beira.

The island in the Beira which is a popular lovers tryst.

'Swan boats' with paddles for hire.

The walk-around surrounding Beira - a popular 'joggers walk'.