Sleeping on a rock heated by the sun.

In the villages in Sri Lanka, a very relaxed lifestyle exists even now. A bath in the river at mid-day after washing one's clothes and a snooze on a bare rock, wearing a loose sarong, with the gentle breeze wafting the body, is supremely pleasurable. The sounds of nature assail the ears and one is in a dream land. When the clothes have dried in the mid day sun, one wends home for his simple rice and curry meal. Jak and bread-fruit with a twangy chilly sambol, adds relish to the meal. What else do you want in life? The picture shows a snooze on a bare rock by the river-side.

The 'sun-flower', Gannoruwa, Sri Lanka.

The sunflower is cultivated for its seeds from which oil could be extracted. The flower is large, yellow and beautiful and tracks the sun in its journew from dawn to dusk.

Orchid at Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka.

The 'Orchid House' at the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Kandy, has a veritable collection of orchids. I took this picture in 2002.

Scene around Kandy Lake, Sri Lanka.

The environs of Kandy Lake provides endless hours of entertainment and relaxation. The lake was made by constructing a dam, by the last King of Kandy - Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe.

Waterfall below the Beragalle - Koslanda road, Sri Lanka.

I saw this waterfall close to Lemastota on the Beragalle - Koslanda road. It was just below a bridge on this road. I took this picture in the early 2000s.