Sunset at Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Haldumulla to Belihul Oya, Sri Lanka.

Waterfall by the roadside.

Mud 'wattle-daub' hut - 'Varichchi gey'.

Near Haldummulla, Sri Lanka.

Adam's Peak seen through the evening mist, Sri Lanka.

Sights at Haputhale, Sri Lanka.

Tea-pluckers going to work.

Residences of tea-estate workers.

Railway line past 'Peradeniya junction', Sri Lanka.

Road to Amithirigala from Talduwa, Sri Lanka.

Faces of two tragedies on the road to Amithirigala, Sri Lanka.

Second-hand three wheelers for sale - owners defaulted on their installment payments.

House awaiting demolition to make way  for a widened highway.

Growing vegetables, Sri Lanka.

A vegetable plants nursery, Meepe, Sri Lanka. 

A bunch of 'Alu kesel' - Ash plantain from our home  garden, Avissawella.

Short-cut to Krindiwela frrom past Amithirigala on the new road to Urapola, Sri Lanka.

At the 'Tangerine Beach Hotel', Kaluthara, Sri Lanka. CoMSAA get together.

The Colombo Medical School Alumni Association (CoMSAA), had its annual get together at the Tangerine Beach Hotel. A few pictures from there.

Tangerine Hotel, Kaluthara, Sr Lanka.

The driveway into the hotel by the beach.

Fresh flowers floating in the water contained in an old brass cauldron.

A street in Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Scenes inside the 'Kandy City Centre', Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Buildings old and new, on the Kandy road from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

A brick and mortar building of the 1930s.

A modern architect designed building set among paddy fields.

Kandy lake' seen from the 'City center', Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Drone attack on a bee colony, Home garden, Sri Lanka.

Drones come to the bee-hive in our home garden and waiting near the entrance pick the bees off individually, to take away to feed their young ones. I was advised to smash each individual drone, hovering near the entrance to the hive, using a cricket bat. I put up a small net to cover the entrance of the hive hoping to prevent the larger sized drones from going close to the entrance. I found the drone landing on the net and creeping inside.
 I have a Chinese made electrified net mounted on a racket' used to kill mosquitoes. I used this gadget to give a 3000 volt shock to the drone leaving the hive. It vanished from sight and subsequently for the last few days I have not  seen any drones near our bee-hive. He must have got 'the shock of his life' and cautioned his hive mates. I am waiting for further developments.

Chinese made 'mosquito kller'. It uses a rechargeable battery. A metal net is seperated on either side by a plastic net. On pressing a button and swing the net, mosquitos get entangled in the net and the high voltage literally vaporises the mosquitos with a loud click sound. These rackets  are sold in Sri Lanka for Rs.600/- each.

At the entrance to the Wilpaththu National Park, Sri Lanka.

Scenes at the Wilpaththu National Park, Sri Lanka.

A rapidly drying water-hole.

A 'Spotted Deer' behind a 'Barking Deer'

In Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

'Ran-vaeta' - Golden fence around the Sacred Bo Tree, Anuradhapura, at night.

Childrens play area, Seedevy restaurant, Anuradhapura.