This blog is devoted to exploring the 'NATURAL BEAUTY OF SRI LANKA. My interests are photography, archaeology and ancient history. My email address is:- philipv203@gmail.com Please move the cursor over each photograph and left click on the mouse, to see an enlarged version of the pictures. Please click on the heading 'older post. ' Kandyan dancerrs, Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Please BOOKMARK this page.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
'Sri Pathula', on a rock on the banks of the Sithawaka Oya, Thimbiripola, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Dondra head light-house, installed 1889, Sri Lanka.
Lanka, Indian Ocean.
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Managing Organization:
Sri Lanka Ports' Authority
Notes:
This lighthouse was designed by James Douglass and constructed by William Douglass of the Imperial Lighthouse Service. This is the tallest lighthouse in Sri Lanka.
Tower Height: 160
Height of Focal Plane: 153
Characteristic and Range: White flash every 5 seconds; range 28 nautical miles.
Description of Tower: White octagonal brick tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1889
Date Present Tower Built: 1889
Current Use: Active aid to navigation.
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Honey bee hives, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.
The house with honey bees. I went looking for help in harvesting honey, from my single bee box.I was directed to this house in Avissawella. It was a two acre land overgrown with trees and an old bvroken down abandoned house. There were plenty of trees and flowering plants growing in abandon. There were about 50 bee colonies in bee boxes. The owner pointed to the sky overhead with its swarms of bees, making a constant buzz. What an idyllic set-up. Each hive would produce above 6 bottles of honey, twice an year. The market price of a bottle of honey is Rs900/- at present.