Elephants!

This is a national park near Habarana and these are wild elephants.

Lake hotel near Anuradhapura

White pelicans on the lake, Great Egret, some ducks I haven't  identified yet. An absolutely lovely setting. The Sri Lankan people are friendly and helpful. Ceylon Expeditions is proving to be deserving of its excellent reviews.

A Sri Lankan safari

Wilpattu National Park was a multitude of riches. We began early in the morning with more chance to see birds and wildlife. The Sloth Bear was oblivious to us as it checked termite mounds for a snack. The mounds must be very hard because he tried several before he had any luck.

Our guest house in Colombo

 The building is quite nice and finished inside but next door...not so much.

This is Asia, baby!

 I stepped out of the airport in Colombo Sr Lanka at 2 am into a sauna, or at least it felt like that. The driver from the guesthouse was waiting for me and we made our way through town to this very nice 2 bedroom villa where my friend Cheryl was already sound asleep. We went down the road to a coffee shop and tomorrow we begin our Sri Lanka road trip.