Home garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Old photos, Ceylon.

Old Fort Railway station. See the profusion of British steel used in the construction. Those were the dayus of British Empire.

Steam engine with attached large coal tender for a long haul. Each of these engines had the name of a distinguished  Britisher, emblazoned in large letters on a steel plate, riveted in a prominent place.

A steam-locomotive on the narrow-gauge 'Kelani Valley line', starting at Colombo Fort and ending at Opanayake about 150 Km away.

Roses, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Pet rabbit in a home garden, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

Blooming 'Kadapul mal', Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

At 5pm

At 5pm

9pm

9pm

The 'Kadapul mal' as called in Sinhalese, blloms in the early night and spreads an alluring scent. Alas by morning it is faded.

Monkeys at play, Meepe, Sri Lanka.

They play havoc with plantations. Coconut young nuts, rambuttan fruits are targets for pillaging by these wild denizens.

Laughing lassies, Gampaha, Sri Lanka.

I took this picture on a sunny day in a paddy field at Gampaha.