Photographed during an Enduro Lanka off-roading trip to Kumana, this shot shows the importance of team work. The driver and vehicle could not get anywhere without the hard work and support of the crew. I will dedicate this weeks photographs to try and document the hard work each individual in the team put in to get our two pickups across one hundred meters of thick ...
One of our vehicles on the Kumana trip got partly submerged in mud almost four feet deep. The right side of the vehicle was submerged while the left side was on the hard soil and the vehicle was in danger of tipping over. The team managed to tie a rope to it and using a tree as a pulley ...
We can’t forget that the driver is also an integral part of the offroading team. It takes a certain amount of skill to gently descend into a body of water and then wade across it in a vehicle like this. Although it was specially modified for this kind of thing an inexperienced driver would probably end up going nose first into the river bank. I know I would. Please ...
The third photograph in the Enduro Lanka series. As the pickup was on an incline the path had to be leveled out so it would be easier to winch the vehicle out and to reduce the risk of it tipping over. Please note that all images in this blog are the property of the photographer. No one may use these images ...
Spent the weekend in Madatugama. A village about twenty kilometers from Dambulla down the Anuradhapura road. The entire area is prime farmland and the main crop is rice. The rainy season is just ending and at this time of the year the paddy fields are literally acres and acres of green. Please note that all images in this blog are the ...
Ok, for this post I’m moving on from the muddy road where we got stuck to the rest of the trip. The Enduro Lanka team had to work hard through out the journey so it doesn’t seem fair to only concentrate on a small portion. At this point the road was blocked with overgrown branches but, since this was ...
View of a tea estate up in the hills of Sri Lanka, photographed from Udarata Manike train while I was going up to Badulla from Colombo. The udarata manike line offers picturesque views of tea estates, water falls and as you get closer to Badulla pine forests covered is mist. I recommend getting tickets for the observation car for anyone doing a train trip up to Badulla ...
The last in the Enduro Lanka teamwork series. Teamwork doesn’t end when everyone gets back to the campsite. In-fact everyone pitches in with the setting up, cooking and cleaning for dinner. Afterwards two man teams take two hour shifts staying up, to keep the campfire going to make sure no wild animals come straying into the campsite. Please note that ...
Visited Jaffna for the first time a couple of weeks ago. After the war ended I badly wanted to visit Jaffna but couldn’t really afford the high cost and no one really wanted to join me, so the trip was shelved for the time being. But in January one of my friends and I decided to finally go, regardless the cost. Thankfully ...
This was taken back in December 2010 at the Udawalawe National Park when we stoped to let a large elephant cross the road I caught a glimpse of this tiny baby elephant crossing from behind our vehicle. The two dark areas in the photograph were made by the canvas at the back of the jeep. I’d say it was ...
This is a photograph of one of the many dogs that inhabit the Siripada Mountain. This one followed us from all the way from Ratnapura to the top and stayed up there all night and climbed back down with us the following day. I took this photograph during my last trip to Siripada almost four years ago during the ...
Just got back from Adams Peak or Siripada last night. My legs are all soar and I can barely walk, but it was all worth it to get this photograph of people sitting on the steps watching the sunrise from the top of the mountain. Please note that all images in this blog are the property of the photographer. No one ...
This was taken on a hike into the Sinharaja rain forest in search of a waterfall through Kukulegama. The path led though a village and we ended up walking though someones front yard. We passed a couple of umbrellas not knowing that in a couple of hours we’d need an umbrella of our own. Please note that all images in this blog ...
Another sunrise photograph from the climb to Adams Peak on Sunday morning. The photograph doesn’t really do justice to the sight. You’ve really got to be there and witness it for your self to truly appreciate it. The sky all a sudden turns to a pail yellow out of the pitch black without any warning, then slowly a reddish glow and little by ...
Yes I know this is not the sharpest of images but you got to appreciate the significance. It was an extremely overcast day in Horton Planes and we just got back from a hike to Kirigalpotha where we had to rush back down due to deteriorating visibility. We were taking a breather at the canteen when the [...]
I took this photograph exactly a year ago in Horton Planes on a trip with two of my closest friends and my sister. The trip it self was fought with setbacks from the beginning with missed trains and everything that could go wrong going wrong but we managed to get ourselves to Horton Planes a ...
Here’s a clip of a bike ride up a mountain path from an Enduro Lanka excursion to Kukuleganga. Subscribe for the Enduro Lanka YouTube channel for more videos and the facebook page for more updates. I’m having some issues on the blog with video so click the link in case the video fails to load. http://youtu.be/rwyRZJ4B_pY
This was taken last year in Udawalawe on a camping trip. We went out for a safari in the evening and it was pretty close to sunset and, in the light of the setting sun, the elephant seemed to have a golden color. Please note that all images in this blog ...
Horton Planes has three campsites. I’ve only been to Campsite One but it’s said to be the best of the three. Located at the bottom of a canyon away from the usual tourist routs it’s quite a secluded spot. We decided to take the longer rout to the ...
The weather in Dambulla these days, to put it simply, is as hot as hell. While I was walking around getting a nice tan, everyone else was either indoors or lying under a shady tree. It’s so hot that the farmers only tend to their fields in the evening and early morning ...
