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Kitugala
our first visit after coming from Colombo . In this town the Bridge on...
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View from the landscape
on the way from Kitugala to Dalhousie
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first view to the Adam´s Peak
the holy mountain Sri Pada . Whichever legends you care to belive the facts...
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Adams Peak in the Dawn
there you can see the lights on the way up to the top
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Adams Peak
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Adams Peak
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on the way up to the Adams Peak
we started 1:30 p.m 5200 steps...ooochz
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young monks
on the way up to the monastry on the top
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steps steps and more steps
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the top
in the sunrise
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breathtaking sunrise on Adams Peak
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here comes the sun :-)
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again the sunrise
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and the view on the way down again
oooh the legs were hurting .....
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little me ....
and the steps ....
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Hindu festival in a small village
on our way from Dalhousie to worlds end
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Hindu Temple
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and the colorful dresses
of the Hindu women
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more of them
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just beautiful
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again the Hindu ceremony
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boys on the street
wanted me to take a photo....:-)
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strange ceremony
don´t know the meaning of it..but looked strange
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looks hurtful
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near Nuwara Eliya
a tea cutter woman...really poor women who don ´t earn a lot for...
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tea cutter
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waterfall
on the way to Nuwara Eliya
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landscape
around Nuwara Eliya ...tea...tea...and more tea
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tea plantations
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near the tea factory
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and again
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landscape
just beautiful
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the way to the worlds end
sometimes a little strenuous
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the little worlds end
it is a walk of 10 km in total ..you pass the little worlds...
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Uta and me
on the top of the worlds end
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the view down
from worlds end
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and one more
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a feeling like on the top of the world
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little brook
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landscape
around the worlds end
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the bakers falls
it was on the end of the dry season so not much water there
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bakers falls
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landscape
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more landscape
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more landscape
on the walk at worlds end
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little fawn
was rather tame so I came very close
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vegetation
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on the way from worlds end to Ella
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the Rawana Ella Falls
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again the Rawana Ella Falls
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monks took a bath there
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monk
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and one more
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seems they had lots of fun
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the Yale national park
near Tissamaharama . storks
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dancing peacock ;-)
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sunrise in the Yale national park
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landscape Yale
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water buffalos
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crocodile
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landscape Yale
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don´t know how to write
they pronounce it Mungu or Mungo
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money in the tree
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storks
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cormorant
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monkey
Uta´s friend ;-))
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elephants
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elephants with baby
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lizzard
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and.....we were so lucky
and saw a leopard
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Kataragama
the buddhist ceremony in the temple
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in the buddhist temple
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they throw burning coconuts on a stone
I guess...for luck or whatever they wish to have
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Kataragama
Hindu temple
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in Tissamaharama
we met nice people. Chandrasira on the left ( he guided our safari)...
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finally on the beach
in the beautiful Mirissa
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a really beautiful place to relax
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Mirissa beach
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Galle
the old fort walls . built by the british in 1873
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another vew from the fort
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and one more
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the walls
protected well when the Tsunami came
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the fort
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the walking way
on the walls
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snake
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the lighthouse in Galle
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handicrafts in Galle
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people in Galle
thanks again to my colleagues who are always giving toys for the children ...
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in a local bus
on the way from Galle back to Mirissa
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view on the coastal road
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in the train from Weligama to Colombo
we had lots of fun with the people in the train .
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TNT balloons
are always fun for the kids
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and not only for the youngsters ;-)
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Prabath from Negombo
he joined us on the end end of our trip . greetings to you Prabath ......
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