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.

Cart drawn by Elephant, Koggala, Sri Lanka

A hand cart - Exhibit at the house of Mr. Martin Wickremasinghe, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Bull-drawn cart used to transport goods, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

'Triacle' - Koggala, Sri Lanka, exhibit. at the house of Mr. Martin Wickremasinghe.

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

Drawn by a single bull, the cross beam in front supported the 'driver'. The two planks on either side was for four people to sit facing each other, with their feet in the well in the center. The 'accelerator' was a touch on the testis of the bull, with the carter using his toe. The bells on the neck of the bull would start jingling as the bull broke into a run.

Boat - Exhibits at the Martin Wickremasinghe ancestral property, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Stone mill driven by bulls to crush copra and extract coconut oil. Exhbit in the house of Mr.Martin Wickremasinghe, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Wooden anchor and wooden outrigger canoe, Exhibit at the house of Mr.Martin Wickremasinghe, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Pond and Pandanus trees at the ancestral property of Mr. Martin Wickremasinghe.

Ancestral home of Mr. Martin Wickremasinghe, Author, Koggala, Sri Lanka.

Koggala beach Park, Koggala, Sri Lanka.