Contributed by: Hiranya Samarasekera from Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. @hiranyas on Twitter This photo was captured during a village temple’s annual Perahera (procession). A Perahera is a popular cultural tradition at many Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka, of which the fire-dance is a major highlight usually seen at the beginning of the parade. This photo attempts to capture the beauty of ...
Contributing author: Sivagnanasundaram Bhagiraj Location: Badulla District, Uva Province Date of visit: January 2011 Bhagi and his friends explore Haputale, a town in Sri Lanka’s hill country. A place truly “off the beaten path” you are unlikely to see any foreign tourists and guaranteed to catch some breathtaking landscape views. Best of all, all of natures treasures enjoyed at Haputale, including ...
Contributed by: Leszek Żądło from Tolkmicko, Poland One of my Flickr favorites is this shot of the Galle Fort and lighthouse taken by Leszek during his trip to Sri Lanka in 2008. The Galle Fort was originally built the Portuguese in the 16th century and modified by the Dutch a century later. Over 400 years later, the fort still stands ...
On many occasions parents use child care, day care, kindergarten and playgroup interchangeably. However, there is actually a difference in each of these and it is important to know what those differences are so that you know the care being provided to your baby or toddler lives up to your expectation. To make it easier for you to shortlist and ...
Contributing author: Sivagnanasundaram Bhagiraj Location: Polonnaruwa District, North-Central Province; Matale District, Central Province Date of visit: July 2009 Bhagi and his friends explore one of the country’s historic nature treasure troves, the Wasgamuwa National Park. With significant historic value, these woodlands were originally declared as nature reserve in 1938 for its breadth of flora and fauna, and covers about 39,000 hectares ...
Contributing author: Sivagnanasundaram Bhagiraj Location: Dehiwela, Colombo Date of visit: October 2008 A southern suburb of Colombo, Dehiwela, is home to one of the finest zoos in Asia. Officially known as the National Zoological Gardens, the 25 acre Colombo Zoo or Dehiwela Zoo holds over 3000 animals from 350 species — Welcome to a Biological Paradise filled with entertainment, research and education. Getting There ...
Contributed by: Jasper Tey from Ontario, Canada. @jsprty on Twitter Sri Lanka is home to over 20 National parks, most of which are sanctuaries for a wide variety of wildlife such as the Asian Elephant, Sri Lankan Leopard and Sambar. Yala National Park in the Uva and Southern Provinces is the country’s largest and most popular, well known wild elephant ...
Contributed by: Hiranya Samarasekera from Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka. @hiranyas on Twitter This week serendipity comes from Hiranya who sent a wonderful capture during his hike to the top of Sri Pada mountain. “This was one of the most sublime experiences I’ve had. As a first time climber of Sri Pada, Adam’s Peak in English, seeing the sunrise from its summit ...
Location: Matale, Central Province Date of visit: 29th December 2010 Today its a trip to my Mom’s hometown of Matale. While my mom and sister ran some errands I decided to explore another cave temple that I had heard quite a bit about but had never visited, the Aluvihara Temple. Aluvihara ought to be as important as the sacred Buddhist Temple of the ...
Nai Doova, or Cobra Island in English, is a small island located in the Bolgoda Lake in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. It is one of eight islands located in the lake, along with Ruskin Island, San Michelle Island, and Picnic Island. Mr. Nimal, manager of a local restaurant, told me the origins of the island’s name; “People who lived around the ...
