'Dhandu Lena' nest at 'Whispering House', Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

Nest of a 'Dhandu Lena' - 'Mountain Squirel' - on a Margosa tree at the 'Whispering House', Guest house, Tangalle.Watch the Youtube video upload of a video I took here to get a parting glimpse of the 'Dhandu Lena' couple staying close to the nest.
http://www.youtube.com/user/philipveera?feature=mhee#p/a/u/0/YNPTkTeZ5hw

'Whispering House' Guest House, Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

Buy your provisions and cook the meals at leisure and according to your taste.

 The sitting room

The resident cat

'Whispering House' Guest House, Tangalle, Sri Lanka.

 Mr. Premadasa the caretaker.

The 'Whispering House' is a guest house which accommodates tourists. It has three rooms with double beds, a large garden with a swimming pool, a kitchen, sitting room and veranda. It is about 200 meters from the sea beach. The first two pictures show panoramic views of the exterior and the interior.
Click on Web-link below to see additional information:-
http://imagessrilanka.blogspot.com/2011/06/whispering-house.html

Purple Swamphens, Angunokolapalessa, Sri Lanka.

 I saw a flock of these Purple Swamphens in a wet paddy field adjoining the Angunokolapalessa - Ranna highway. They did not seem to be disturbed by the occasional fast moving vehicle.

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.