Flower in bloom and ripe King Coconuts, Home garden, Avissawella, Sri Lanka.

One of the signs of feminine beauty in Sri Lanka, is to have the skin color, like that of the 'Ran Thambili' - Sinhalese for a King Coconut.

Railway station, Polgahawela, Sri Lanka.

Scenes at Kadugannaawa, Sri Lanka.

Entering the town of Kadugannaawa

Railway signals.

Jaw bone and skull of an elephant, Udawalawe elephant orphanage, Sri Lanka.

Milk feeding time at the Udawalawe Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka.

Elephant orphan with an artificial leg at play, pushing a sibling into a muddy pool.

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The climb to Kadugannawa, Sri Lanka.

Fruit and trinket stalls by the road-side. Note the spout of water from a rubber hose used to wash vehicles for a fee.

The climb past the old tunnel.

On the road to Mawanella from Kegalle, Sri Lanka.

One of the rocky haunts of Saradiel, the legendary Robin Hood of Sri Lanka.

A Mosque by the roadside.