St Clairs valley and waterfalll, Hatton - Talawakelle road, Sri Lanka.

This photo was taken before the completion of the Upper Kothmale Dam.

Tea estate, Watawala, Sri Lanka.

Mountain side

Well pruned tea plants on a hill

Strangler creeper, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

The strangler creeper which started as a vine has grown into big tree surrounding the Palmyra tree totally.

The Palmyra tree has been slowly strangled and is now only a dead trunk, after shedding its crown.

Sights, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

An old 'betel shop', Aswaththe, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

A village road after heavy rains, Avissawella.

Unroasted 'Kadju' kernels on sale by the roadside, Aandiambalama, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Cadju grown in Chilaw and marketed by the roadside, this youth seems quite prosperous.

Around Arippu, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

Ruined British  Governer's residence occupied only during Pearl-fishing season of the Colonial Era.

Erected to guide boats off the shoals.

'Flame of the forest' tree, near Silavaththurai, Mannar, Sri Lanka.

With its brilliant orange colored flowers, this tree  deceives one looking from far away, as though the forest is on fire. Hence the name.