Saturday, November 26, 2011

Buddha statue at Dowa - Badulla -Sri Lanka.

By the side of the Badulla - Bandarawela road bordering a stream, this figure is sculpted on a rock face. There is a tradition that this was sculpted in a single day by a master craftsman (Yodhaya). This is one of the many places associated with King Valagambahu.

Click on the web-link below to see a video clip of the road from Badulla to Bandarawela:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI3liTenggc

Southern shoreline, outside Galle, Sri Lanka

Just outside Galle towards Colombo, I took this picture of a setting sun.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Unawatunna sea-shore, Galle, Sri Lanka.


Glass-bottom boats are for hire Rs.800/- to Rs.600/- for 2 hours. You could go out on a sunny day and watch the beautiful coral reefs under-water from the comfort of the boat.

'Wee Bissa' - paddy store, Mr. Martin Wickremesinghe's house, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

The old world -'wee bissa' - paddy store, is just in front of the museum building. No photographs are allowed inside the museum building but it is a veritable treasure trove of artifacts of a by gone era.