Baseline road, and the road to the Parliament, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Railway station, Demetagoda. This was earlier the narrow gauge Kelani Valley line. Now it is standard gauge. You can see the remnants of the old narrow gauge railway line still remaining.

Near Magazine Prison

Sri Jayawardenapura Mawathe.

On the Sri Jayawardenapura Mawathe near Waters Edge.

Surveyors drawing a map of Colombo during British Colonial times drew the Baseline, along what is now called 'Baseline road'. The name persists even though the city of Colombo has long passed this boundary.

Entrance to the Southern Highway at Kaduwela, on a rainy day,Sri Lanka.

Rainy day on the road to Colombo from Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Kaduwela.

Bridge before Angoda junction.

Kotikaawaththe

Lipton Circus, Colombo.

Photographing through the windscreen on a rainy day is a difficult job. I took  these photos using my Nikon D7200 and the windscreen wiper getting in the way. I think I captured the mood in the blurred photos.

Butterflies, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

Sights of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, August 2011.

Before the construction of the new bridge at Kallady

The walls of the Dutch Fort, Batticaloa.

Britsh cannon on the walls of the Fort.

Scenes, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

Memorial for the deead, World War 1.

Entrance to the Victora Park

Pony riders on the highway

Called 'Little England' in the heyday of Brtish Empire, Nuwara Eliya with its cool climate was the refuge of the British expatriates during April and August of each year. With its hotels, Golf course, Pony racing, Fairs, Beer and Dances the tradition continues to this day.

Environs of the General Hospital, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.

House officers quarters

Old hospital buildings of British Colonial times

The new buildings

Buildings of the old Brewery 

A land perpetually in mist and drizzle with two sunny spells, a major one in April and a two week spell in August, the coldest time was in February when the ground was covered in frost. Extensive vegetable cultivation thrives in the black soggy soil. Roses are cultivated for export. Potatoes were one of the first popular cash crops cultivated hear.During the austerity years of 1973/75, I was posted as Surgeon on relief duty here.Dr. Krishnaraja whom I had to relieve told me, that he made ten times his monthly salary as a surgeon, on profit from a single harvest of potatoes.
It was mighty cold. There was a single electric heater for the whole ward. The surgeons changing room attached to the Operating theater had another electric heater. We gathered there to have a cup of tea at 10 am.