Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka.

The clear mountain air, the soft caressing breeze, bird songs and children playing what tranquility and peace there was in this place.

Purple colored flowers, Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

The variety in colours of flowers in this park is astounding.

Sights at the Victoria Gardens, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

Sights at the Victoria Gardens, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

A 'foreign bride' in a 'photo-session' in traditional Kandyan dress.

Dazzling colours which almost blind the eye on a sunny day at the Victoria Gardens, Nuwara Eliya.

Victoria Gardens, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

St. Claire's falls and the Upper Kothmale dam, Thalawakale, Sri Lanka.

A view of St. Claire's waterfalls.

The Upper Kothmale dam.

Hatton to Thalawakelle, Sri Lanka.

A tourist hotel among the tea-bushes overlooking Devon water-falls. The large upright brass object in front of the hotel is a huge replica of a water-boiler ( like a Russian Samonar) used in the tea kiosks of Ceylon of the 1950s.

Tea plantation.

Devon waterfalls.

Another hotel overlooking the Devon water-falls.

What lush greenery, what glorious hills with the fog of an early dawn, this indeed is Paradise.