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Outrigger canoe, Kallady, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Almost all of the photographs were taken by the owner of this blog and are his property.Click on each picture below to see an enlarged view.

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Away in a manger

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Another Christmas song composed in the 1950s Two versions of 'Away in a manger'. Click on eac...
Friday, December 24, 2010

Two versions of the song 'White Christmas'

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Click on each link separately to see two versions of the enchanting song 'White Christmas'. ...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A farmer working, Salawa, Sri Lanka.

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Old ways of using a 'mammoty' to turn up the soil and build earthen bunds in paddy fields are a common sight in Sri Lanka. I took th...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Adisham, Sri Lanka

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Another view of 'Adisham'.
Friday, December 17, 2010

'Thirukkaley' - Sinhalese; 'Thirukkal' - Tamil, A bullock drawn cart for the family.

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This was the equivalent of the family car in Sri Lanka, in common use about 100 years ago. Entrance was by a door at the rear. The seats wer...
Thursday, December 16, 2010

Cactus plants, Hambanthota beech, Sri Lanka.

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A beech with thorny cactus plants among the casuarina plants at the Hambanthota beech in sight of the newly built harbour, Sri Lanka.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

'Adisham', Haputhale, Sri Lanka.

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'Adisham' was built by a Scotsman in the hills of Haputhale in the 1930s, the heyday of British Empire. He came to Ceylon from the v...
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