Showing posts with label Bope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bope. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Sights on the road from Meepe to Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Scene from the highway from Meepe to Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Sight of 'Sri Paada' - 'Sivanolipaadha malai' - Adam's Peak On a clear morning the elusive sight of this sacred ...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Granite mortar in old Copra mill being used as decor in a hotel, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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 A 'Copra mill' was a mortar made of granite mounted vertically with a long stalk buried in the ground. There was a vertical ...
Friday, May 15, 2015

Two-wheel diesel tractor with trailer, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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This vehicle is used extensively in agriculture and transport in the villages of present Sri Lanka.

Fern growing on the trunk of an arecanut tree, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Thursday, May 14, 2015

Out-door decor, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Water cistern and colored leaves.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Auspicious items on display after a "Poruwa' wedding ceremony, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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A 'Poruwa' ceremony is where, a couple is wedded according to ancient Sinhalese custom. Robert Knox writing in the 16th Ce...
Monday, May 11, 2015

Garden decor, Thevini Hotel, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Sunday, May 10, 2015

Thevini Hotel, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Under a 'Benjamina' tree in the fore-court. Decor in the corridor.
Saturday, May 9, 2015

Scenes in a hotel in Bope, near Padukka, Sri Lanka.

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Fore-court entrance and parking area. Childrens' swing. Greenery, flowers and a cool ambiance for its guests, seems to the univ...
Friday, May 8, 2015

A 'Pettagama' S, 'Pettakam' T, used to store items in the last century, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Varying in size from small where articles of silk and jewelry was locked up, to bushels of paddy in huge versions, this design in wood w...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Scenes from Ayer's bungalow, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Mosquito curtain in a four-poster bed. An upstairs veranda. Balustrades made of granite. The stone walls of the veranda up...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Scenes from Ayer's Bungalow, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Flowers at Ayer's Holliday Bungalow, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

Ayer's Estate Holiday Bungalow, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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The story goes that this bungalow on a hillock was designed and built by a planter in the 1920s to welcome his newly-wed brid...
Friday, April 19, 2013

Views at Ayer's Estate Bungalow, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Ayer's Estate has a large tea and rubber plantation. It ha a large two-storey bungalow built out of granite and stands on a ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Ayer's Estate, Bope, Sri Lanka.

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Driving through the rubber plantation. View from Ayer's Holiday bungalow. Climbing the steps of Ayer's Bungalow. ...