Sri Lanka, pictures

 

Tea country SL

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Visitors, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Brown headed Barbet

                                        

Black hooded Oriole

 

Port-city, Colombo, Sri Lanka

 

 email from Nihal Gooneratne

 

Port-city, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Gregory's lake, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

 House boat on Gregory's Lake

 

 

 

Jet-ski on Gregory's Lake

Used bicycles from Sweden, on sale at Kaluaggala, Sri Lanka.

Driving on the highway just past Kaluaggala going towards Colombo, I spotted a container load of used bicycles. On inquiry I was told that these were for sale. Each bike would  cost Rs.900/-. These bikes had been used for hiring in Sweden.

These bicycles had the following features:-

1. No chains but a shaft driven rear wheel.

2. Wheels had solid tires - No need to have a bicycle pump.

3. A small solar panel to charge a battery to power the headlight.

 4. Hub brakes.

 It will be a rough ride on Sri Lankan village roads.

On the road from Kithulgala to Ginigathena, Sri Lanka.

 

Plastic boats for hire

                                            Taking up the challenge of 'white water' rafting

 

Fire-wood for sale

 

Old Highway/Railway hybrid bridge and new highway bridge, Manampitiya, Sri Lanka.

'Sri Pathula', on a rock on the banks of the Sithawaka Oya, Thimbiripola, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Therre is a legend among the villagers that one of King Rajasinghe's Queens had a craving to see the Sacred Foot-print on Sri-Pada - Adam's Peak, during her early pregnancy. Since it was an arduous climb to the real site, they took the pregnant Queen, at dead of night in a palanquin, all over the country side. They brought her to this sight before dawn and showed her this foot-print, claiming that this was the sacred foot-print on Sri-Pada.

Kandyan dancers, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

A school in Adamban, Mannnar, 2004, Gram seller - Kadalai-Aachchi, Sri Lanka.

Gram seller - Kadalai-Aachchi

Teaching staff

Students

A house in Mariamman Kovil road, Kallady, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 2011.

At the Dowa rock temple, near the highway to Badulla, Sri Lanka.

Scenes from Hali-Ella and Demodara, Sri Lanka.

Return journey after seeing Dun hindha waterfall, Badulla, Sri Lanka

Beginning of the jungle trek 2.5Km long to see the Dunhindha waterfall, Badulla, Sri Lanka.

Mountain highway, Hatton, Sri Lanka

At Rambukkana, Sri Lanka