Sights at the Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

A herd of Spotted deer.

Wild Water Buffalo enjoying a bath.

Wild Elephants.

A Pea-hen.

Sights inside the Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka.

The safari transport.

The entry point at the Udawalawe National Park.

A wild elephant foraging.

A Green-leaf monkey.

Purple Sun Hotel, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

The lawn from which you could see Adam's Peak on a clear dawn.

A lily pond.

The swimming pool.

Surrounded by jungle on the top of a hillock this place is a few hundred off Seethawaka.

Udawalawe, Sri Lanka.

The highway over the bund of the Udawalawe reservoir.

The hills of Uva seen across the Udawalawe reservoir.

The shrub jungle downstream.

A wild elephant on the other side of the electrified fence near the tank bund.

The image of a Bodhisatthwa, 7th Century AD, Maligawila, Sri Lanka.

The image of a Bodhsatthwa in the same monastery complex as the statue of the Lord Buddha at Maligawila, shows how far the concepts of Mahayana Buddhism had permeated Sri Lanka in the 7th Century AD. Quite a few ruins in the south of Sri Lanka like in Buduruwagala show this affinity.