This tropical island southeast of India is inhabited by the Sinhalese and Tamil peoples. A small central highland is surrounded by plains wich lead down to the mangrove coasts and urban places spreading along the Indian Ocean.
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Colombo | BOC Tower and World Trade Center -
Kegalle | Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage -
Kegalle | Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage -
Polonnaruwa | Waste dump with animals -
Polonnaruwa | Waste dump with animals -
Polonnaruwa | Multilinguality -
Polonnaruwa | Vatadage with Buddha statue -
Polonnaruwa | Vatadage -
Polonnaruwa | Floatingheart -
Minneriya Tank -
Minneriya Tank -
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna landscape -
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna landscape -
Wasgamuwa NP | Savanna with elephants -
Hettipola | Rice cultivation -
Palatiyawa | Rice cultivation -
Palatiyawa | Small stream -
Palatiyawa | Coconut roof -
Sigiriya -
Sigiriya -
Sigiriya | Rock sculpture -
Sigiriya | Ancient fresco -
Kandalama | Group of hills -
Pitawala Patana | Bus -
Pitawala Patana | Small stream -
Knuckles Mountain Range with Midlands Tea Estate -
Knuckles Mountain Range | Midlands Tea Estate -
Knuckles | Pygmy forest -
Kaikawala | Religious education -
Kaikawala | Religious education -
Kaikawala | Religious education -
Kandy | Street scene -
Kandy | Street scene -
Kandy | Railway track -
Kandy | Market -
Kandy | Market -
Kandy | Market -
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa -
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa -
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa -
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa -
Kandy | Sri Dalada Maligawa -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens with weeping fig -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Weeping fig -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Kauri -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Cauliflory -
Peradeniya Royal Botanical Gardens | Jackfruit -
Udawattakele Forest Reserve | Jackfruit -
Ramboda | Church of St. John the Evangelist -
Ramboda with central highlands -
Ramboda | Rice cultivation -
Nuwara Eliya | Lizard -
Nuwara Eliya | Labookellie Tea Estate -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Pedro Tea Factory -
Nuwara Eliya | Fire extinguishers -
Nuwara Eliya -
Nuwara Eliya | Lake Gregory and Pidurutalagala -
Central highlands panorama -
Horton Plains NP | Tree fern -
Horton Plains NP | Osbeckia walkeri -
Horton Plains NP | Tree rhododendron -
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest -
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest -
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest and patana -
Horton Plains NP | Cloud forest and patana -
Horton Plains NP | Patana grassland -
Horton Plains NP | Patana with sambar deer -
Horton Plains NP | World's End -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Tropical rainforest -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Rainforest leaves -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dillenia triquetra -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus hispidus -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus zeylanicus -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Dipterocarpus zeylanicus -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Fruit of Shorea sp. -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Fern -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Pitcher plant -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Pitcher plant -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Earth worm -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Reflections -
Sinharaja Research Centre -
Sinharaja Forest Reserve | Scientist -
Sabaragamuwa Province | Village scene -
Uva Province | Roadside market -
Haldummulla | Ficus hispida -
Gampaha | Syzygium sp. -
Gampaha | Rubber tree forest -
Gampaha | Leaves of rubber tree -
Gampaha | Trunks of rubber trees -
Yala NP | Patanangala -
Yala NP | Savanna landscape -
Yala NP | Elephant and water bird -
Yala NP | Mugger crocodile -
Bundala NP | Bird life -
Bundala NP | Lagoon -
Bundala NP | Vachellia leucophloea -
Nonagama | Young students -
Tangalle | Flying fox -
Tangalle | Coconut palms -
Tangalle | Coconut palm grove -
Tangalle | Coconut palm grove -
Tangalle | Coconut palm -
Tangalle | Coconut climber -
Tangalle | Coconut climber -
Tangalle | Vivipary -
Tangalle | Mangrove collection -
Tangalle | Mangrove coast -
Tangalle | Mangrove coast -
Tangalle | Tropical beach -
Tangalle | Tropical beach -
Tangalle | Lagoon Paradise -
Madu Ganga | Like in paradise -
Madu Ganga | Young boys -
Madu Ganga | Processing of coconut leaves -
Madu Ganga | Iguana -
Madu Ganga | Mangrove -
Madu Ganga | Mangrove -
Madu Ganga | Rhizophora apiculata -
Negombo | Flowers of Rhizophora mucronata -
Negombo | Flower of Bruguiera gymnorhiza -
Negombo | Flower of Barringtonia asiatica -
Negombo | Mangrove with respiration roots -
Negombo | Fisheries -
Negombo | Fisheries -
Negombo | Fish market -
Negombo | Fish market -
Negombo | Shops -
Negombo | Shops -
Negombo | St. Mary's Church -
Negombo | Multilinguality