Peacocks at Angunukolapalessa, Sri Lanka

Darter on a wayside pond, Angunukolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

I saw this Darter - Anhinga melanogaster - at a wayside pond passing Angunukolapalessa.

Road, Angunukolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

Roads in Sri Lanka have vastly improved in quality in recent times. These are Asian Bank funded projects to upgrade infra structure in the country. I took this picture of the road in Angunukolapalessa.

Two Pea-cocks at Angunukolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

Plot growing Papaw trees, Angunukjolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

Papaw was grown extensively in the dry zone to extract the milky sap oozing from the cut surface of the fruit , for export. Now there is a glut of various types of papaws grown around Embilipitiya. I took this picture of a plot growing these trees at Angunukolapalessa.

Black headed Ibises mingling with Egrets on a paddy field, Angunukolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

Black headed Ibises are a pretty common sight in and around Angunukolapalessa on the Embilipitiya - Ranne road in Sri Lanka.