Panoramic view from Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture in the morning just outside Bandarawela on the road to Haputhale. The distant hills are shrouded in the early morning mist. Cocks crowing from the houses below made a surreal picture.

'For oft when on the couch I lie,

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon the inward eye,

Which is the bliss of solitude'. 

William Wordsworth

Click on the web address below to watch a video of same:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrnajFWeWLE

The hills seen from Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.

The morning mist enshrouds the valley below Bandarawela, Sri Lanka.

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.

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.

Buggy cart, Koggale, exhibit at Mr.Martin Wickremasinghe's residence, Sri Lanka.