Sri Lanka - the island of Serendib. Coincidentally, it's the place where I crossed path with serendipity. If you ask me what is the most memorable thing about Sri Lanka, I would say it's the friendly people. Sri Lankan are very helpful, friendly and always happy. They might not be rich material-wise, but their happiness level is definitely very high. Their easy-going ways are really inspiring and made me rediscover the simple pleasures in life.
Despite the nice people I met along my journey, my trip really was quite a
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Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage Aerial view of the bathing elephants from the restaurant by the river.
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Elephants playing in the water
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Baby Jumbo Usually mother elephants accompany the baby elephant most of the time....
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Zoomed in Close-up look
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Dambulla Cave Temple To reach the cave temple, you first need to climb up the hill. It's about...
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Dambulla Cave Temple A Dagoba inside the cave temple
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Frescoes in the cave of Sigiriya Rock Painted by using all natural colouring, these frescoes were dated back to the...
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Sigiriya rock This view of Sigiriya rock is better than from the entrance.
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Vatadage at the Quadrangle,Polonnaruwa
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Dagoba in Polonnaruwa This is the 2nd largest dagoba in Sri Lanka.
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Gal Vihara This is one of the highlight of Polonnaruwa. I love the grain colours of the...
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Gal Vihara Another 2 great rock carvings from the Gal Vihara group, Polonnaruwa
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Kingfisher in the rain Took the picture near Ella. Thanks to my guide who is a very good...
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Pheasant tailed Jacana I don't know how my guide did it. He could spot birds 500m from the road...
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At the papaya plantation Birds birds everywhere. I forgot the name of this bird. My guide will be very...
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Green bee-eater You gotta have very good eyes(and zoom lens too) in order to spot birds like...
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The white egret and another unknown bird At a tank on the way from Ella to Tanggala. My driver cum guide...
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Eagle Is that the Braminy kite eagle?
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Spoonbill at the paddy field
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Tangalla Tangalla beach with an impending thunderstorm, this weather has made me sooo...
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Coconut trees at Mirissa Mirissa is a lovely cove with calm water. Ideal for swimming and...
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Sunrise at Adam's Peak Waking up at 2am to climb up Adam's Peak for this, it's well...
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Buddhist flag dancing in the moonlight It was 16th day of the Chinese calender, ie 1 day after the Sri Lankan...
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Sunrise over Dalhousie and surrounding
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Sunrise at Adam's Peak The sun rises at Adam's Peak around 6.20am. We had ample time to climb up...
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