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Up close and personal.
Two beautiful Brahmani kites.
The tracker snoozing after lunch.
The idyllic place we stopped for lunch.
The driver snoozing after lunch.
She walked straight past the vehicle, we couldn't believe it.
Part of a large herd of elephants with about a 2 month old baby.
You may just have to believe me that there are 3 hornbills in the tree and one flying away.
Yala National park entrance.
This is thr largest standing Buddha in Sri Lanka, see how tiny I am.
This cat reminded me so much of Felix.
These rock carvings near Tissa are dated 200BC.
The tastiest meals are cooked on this little fire with two burners.
Proud dog with 3 puppies.
my driver for the safari tomorrow and his grandson.
Manjushri is on the left, another favourite of mine.
Just outside on Tissamaharama.
For the Buddhists out there, we have Avalokiteshvara in the middle, his son on the left and green Tara on the right.
Coconut is used in everything so you must have the 'coconut scraper seat attachment'.
This was Mahayana Buddhism which only had a short life in Sri Lanka.
The temple where Sita hid.
The huge footprints of Hannuman by the river next to the temple.
Sam, trying to convince me that we would make it to the top.
rainbows the next.
People tie coins to this sacred tree in the hope that their wishes will come true.
Looking coy (is it possible) on a walk to Little Adam's Preak.
I made it, with a little push from Sam now and again.
A view along the way.
A storm brewing one minute...
A special puja was being held for Rama.
We made it down just before the sun disappeared from view.
The view from my hotel window, to die for.
waterfalls...
Two lakes just before we reached Nurawa Eliya.
The land of waterfalls.
The lake when it wasn't grey and overcaste.
Stormy clouds over Nurawa Eliya.
Nurawa Eliya has many tea plantations.
and more waterfalls.
Me and my rock, a great place to meditate.
Jungle, ferns, palms and babbling brooks.
Judy, the lovely lady who hosted me in the hills just out of Kandi
Inside the temple in Kandi where the Buddhas tooth relic is. Crowded but wonderful.
I slept with Spike every night, a gorgeous cat.
I like to think that Spike was sulking because I was leaving.
Hunas falls, near Kandi.
From the terrace of the Hunas falls hotel.
A view from above Kandi.
A beautiful, thankfully abandoned wasp nest.
This is what a baby pineapple looks like.
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