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Sri Lanka - The Pearl Of Indian Ocean

by Rico Yau

Sri Lanka - The Pearl Of Indian Ocean

27-Aug-05 - 4-Sept-05, 9 days 8 nights, wonderful country, wonderful people, wonderful culture, wonderful food & wonderful trip !!!

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba #1
The best stupa I had seen in S/Lanka & Nepal. It's well maintained,...

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba #2
Blue & white in harmony

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba #3
Devotees surrounded it by colorful clothes. Blue, Yellow, Red, White &...

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba #4
Some sort of ceremony is going on but not sure what it is. Devotees...

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba #5
Monkeys played around & enjoyed life....

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba#6
Thousand of lights on the floor

Standing Meditation
Meditation around the stupa, with a notice - "I don't need...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#1
With a stunning 5th century rock fortress citadel built by a fugitive King...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#2
Step by step moving up to the top of Lion Rock by using the stairway...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#3
Adventure experience.......

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#4
View from the stairway

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#5
The "stair-cage"

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#6
View from the "cage"

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#7
The real look of Lion Rock entrance. Visitors to the palace entered...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#8
Only the lion's massive paws remain today, but they indicate how gigantic...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#9
There was a grand palace built on this huge rock, completed with theatres,...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#10
> 1000 years paintings

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#11
View from the top of Rock. Sigiriya is approached from the west over a...

Sigiriya (Lion Rock)#12
In year 2004, 98,944 foreigners visited Sigiriya, & that's nearly...

Gal Viharaya, Polonnaruwa#1
The Gal Viharaya constructed by King Parakkramabahu I (1153-1186).

Gal Viharaya, Polonnaruwa#2
The statue of Ananda - 23ft high

Gal Viharaya, Polonnaruwa#3
This stone Buddha statue of sleeping posture which is 46 ft long is...

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#1
This historical building was King Parakkramabahu's palace which...

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#2

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#3

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#4
The arts of carving quite similar to Cambodia Angkor Wat !

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#5

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#6
Ruins of Buddhist, Siva & Vishnu monuments of Polonnaruwa period.

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#7

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#8
Swimming pool which belong to King only thousand years ago

Rankoth Vehera #1
Another huge stupaunder renovation.can see the stupa was built by...

Rankoth Vehera #2

Rankoth Vehera #3
It was started by King Parakkramabahu & completed by King Nissankamalla....

Rankoth Vehera #4

Rankoth Vehera #5
Have also visited many UNESCO heritage sites. Quite a valuable...

Rankoth Vehera #6
The place where the gold & treasures were kept by the King.

Mihintale #1
It's just sacred, being the place where Buddhism was introduced to...

Mihintale #2
Mihintale is situated on a mountain, which makes for an archaeological...

Mihintale #3
Main stairway, 1840 stone steps that make up this stairway, were laid by King...

Mihintale #4
It's considered 1 of the 16 holy places in the island. It was there since...

Mihintale #5

Mihintale #6

Mihintale #7
Where is the head ? It's on the floor.......

Dambulla #1
Golden Temple

Dambulla #2

Moon Stone
Moonstone, it's a valuable stone carving & fully respected by local...

Chinese Restaurant #1
After enjoying Sri Lankan meals for few days, I had lunch at this Chinese...

Chinese Restaurant #2
We ordered 7 - 8 different types of Chinese style fried noodles, rice, kuai...

article published 01/12/2006

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Thanks......Chamika !!
Apologies.... I didn't realize that. I always pay full respect to monk. Many thanks for your valuable comment.
— Rico Yau, July 6, 2007

Standing Monk
All the pics you've posted are very beautiful and creative. I really enjoyed it all. Got a small idea to make regarding your comment about the meditating monk. As Sri Lankans, we dont call monks as COOL monks, because we have great repect for ALL religions and belives here.

Born in Pearl of Indian Ocean.
— Chamika, April 16, 2007

Beautiful !!
Wah, really beautiful - I especially enjoy your close-up shots of the Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba. Where do you get all their names? Finally the shots are coming out! Delighted to see yours.
— MoTT_3, October 3, 2006

Standing Mediatation
It's really cool. The desire to visit The Pearl of Indian Ocean become stronger.
— cecelia, January 22, 2006

the first few pics look surreal.. nice..
— Jon J. Tan, January 13, 2006

Enjoy......
i look up to you friend..you truly know how to enjoy the beautiful thing in this universe..cheers....
— Hg-Ad, January 13, 2006

Thanks !!
Thanks for your comments. My understanding of Stupa is - a symbolic of the body of Buddha. It's built to remind people the teaching of Buddha & they used to meditate or pray around the stupa.
— Rico Yau, January 13, 2006

"stupa"
What is "stupa"?
— ALim, January 13, 2006

Mihintale #6
this set look nice..the effect look great. !!
— LTT_Ay, January 13, 2006

Thanks !!
Hi Rico, From the photos, sure you have a very wonderful trip, sure 'open your eyes':-) & improve your knowledge, right?!? I feel great to enjoy the scenery & etc of Sri Lanka as you like a good tour guide of the 'trip' especially when I am tired & under pressure, TQ!!!:-D
— Cat_Mitra, January 13, 2006

Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba
Your photo is like a Post Card. Nice one.
— JojoS, January 13, 2006

Polonnaruwa Period (1055-1293AC)#8
Hello Rico, Why the water so dirty??? No one dare to swim leh
— Queen-Int, January 13, 2006

Mihintale #3
Seems to me, SL, is still a very poor country. Students bare footed.

It is almost like Malaysia about 80 years back. that is 1925.
— Dr AT, January 13, 2006

Gal Viharaya, Polonnaruwa#1 & 2
The patterns (Hua Wen) on the stone increase the uniqueness of the statues.
— Cecel-SW, January 13, 2006

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