Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Counry…Part II – Photos and Videos

Below is a complete set of all the photos including a ton that aren’t in the posts.

If you want to look at the whole gallery on flickr, click here.

104d - A monk student 105 - Below this sign was the trash pile. Got trash...just toss it in this pile next to the forest 105a - The telephone is a loudspeaker for this lotto ticket seller 109 - Starry Night at Adam's Peak, which we hiked to the top of in time for sunrise 110 - The sunrise view from Adam's Peak 111 - The cloudy mountains moments after sunrise at Adam's Peak (taken by Carrie) 112 - Ringing the bell atop Adam's Peak 113 - The temple atop Adam's Peak 114 - Pilgrams and tourists alike take in the stunning views at Adam's Peak 115 - Woman praying early in the morning atop Adam's Peak 116 - A woman walking down Adam's Peak 117 - Scores of pilgrams come down Adam's Peak after sunrise 118 - Carrie and I on the way down Adam's Peak. We were literally pulling ourselves up those same railings a few hours earlier 119 - Two women take a rest on the walk down from Adam's Peak 120 - Monks strolling down Adam's Peak 121 - Carrie gets blessed on the walk down from Adam's Peak 122 - The dagoba at the bottom of Adam's Peak 123 - Adam's Peak, which we climbed 124 - A train traveling through the Hill Country of Sri Lanka 106 - You had to deposit your shoes before entering any temple or holy site 125 - Carrie and I at the Ella waterfall in Sri Lanka 125a - A security check at the entrance to Ella. 126 - A local man sells his wares at a train station 127 - Local men fishing in a swampy area of Tissamaharama (taken by Carrie) 128 - Carrie and I joined some local rice workers to learn about the process. Unfortunately, none of them spoke English 129 - Tissamaharama rice workers 130 - Sunrise over the rice fields of Tissamaharama 131 - Signs in Tissamaharama are sure to let you know, their town is clean 132 - A leopard at Yala National Park 133- A baby elephant at Yala National Park 134 - A water buffalo cooling off in the mud at Yala National Park 135 - A memorial to victims of the 2004 tsunami at Yala National Park 136 - Hornbills at Yala National Park 137 - Wild Boar at Yala National Park (taken by Carrie) 138 - A peacock at Yala National Park 139 - An eagle flying at Yala National Park 140 - A gator and a water buffalo at Yala National Park 141- An Iguana at Yala National Park 142 - A bee eater at Yala National Park 143 - A leopard at Yala National Park 144 - Our jeep for our safari through Yala National Park 145 - A view from our jeep in Yala National Park 146 - An eagle at Yala National Park 147 - Bears drinking at Yala National Park 148 - A Jungle Fowl - Sri Lanka's national bird at Yala National Park 149 - Elephant crossing the road at Yala National Park (Taken by Carrie) 150 - Spotted deer at Yala National Park 151 - A truck full of prisoners working on trash removal at the beach we spent nearly 4 hours at killing time on our safari through Yala National Park 152 - this is how close to the jeep the leopard got. the bar at the bottom is the jeep window 153 - An alligator waits for some food at Yala National Park 154 - An elephant family at Yala National Park 154a - A lake with pelicans and an elephant in the distance at Yala National Park 155 - A leopard roaring to tempt his mate, who is sitting across from him 156 - Water Buffalo with Bird at Yala National Park 157 - Who knew elephants had boobs 158 - The tsunami memorial at Yala National Park. The structure used to be a cabana. 48 people died at Yala during the tsunami 159 - Women pray outside a temple in Sri Lanka 160 - The town of Galle Fort (taken by Carrie) 161 - Sunset over Galle Fort and the Indian Ocean 162 - Sunset over Galle Fort and the Indian Ocean 163 - Is that Sammy Sosa advertising for ice cream 164 - A cow in front of the Galle fort walls 165 - Galle Fort clocktower 166 - India Hut is totally ripping off Pizza Hut's logo 167 - Galle fort 168 - The Galle Fort lighthouse 168a - The walls of Galle Fort were all lit up due to the fair next door 169 - A typical main road in Sri Lanka 169a - Schoolgirls waiting at a train station 170 - After getting a flat tire, all these people came out to help watch the tire changing process 171 - Lanka Rama - souvineer seller 172 - Potgul Vihara - We bought a flute from this guy for $3. It no longer works. 173 - Beggar at Dambula 174 - Carrie feeds a hundred plus year old sea turtle 175 - Crabs at Hikkaduwa 176 - A man fishing at Hikkaduwa 177 - Hikkaduwa was the first time I ever saw surfing live 178 - I have no idea why, but these pinecone things were for sale in ella 179 - All the tuk tuk taxi drivers hang out together waiting for fares 180 - A guard at the Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba 181 - In ella, the end of our bed was too short so they put on a second little extennsion mattress 182 - The owner's wife at the Beauty Mount Tourist Inn, Ella 182a - A Muslim woman and her child at the Kandy Botanical Gardens 182b - A local man asleep on the train 183 - Parting comedy. FOREIGNERS, COME HERE A leopard in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Train Ride Through the tea fields in Hill Country near Ella Abandoned Sri Lankan train lays in ruin on the side of Hill Country Colombo train station stairs Train Tracks in Galle, Sri Lanka

Carrie gets blessed at Shiva Devale II at Polonnaruwa

I get blessed on the walk down from Adam’s Peak

A leopard stares us down at Yala National Park

The shaky and terrifying fans in most of our guest houses

And your moment of Zen…waves crashing on Hikkaduwa Beach on the west coast of Sri Lanka

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