Beyond the lake, 4 elephants, one a baby, stand.

In Search of Yala’s Elusive Leopards

Nuwara Eliya to Tissamaharama From Nuwara Eliya we headed back down the hillside towards Tissamaharama and Yala National Park. Just a few minutes out-of-town we made our first stop of the day at Seetha Amman Temple. This temple is  where Sita was held captive by King Ravana, and where she prayed daily for her husband Rama to come and […]

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Herd of elephants walking through grass to the river.

A Wonderful Day in Sigiriya

The second day of action in Sri Lanka was an adventure. First was a hike to the top of one of Sri Lanka’s most famous archaeological sites, Sigiriya. Sigiriya Sigiriya is a rock plateau, 200 meters in height, with near vertical walls. To get to the top, one most traverse about 1200 steps. It is quite […]

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palm trees in the foreground, beach beyond that, ocean in the backgroung

Sri Lanka – Pearl of the Indian Ocean

In the summer of 2017 I had the pleasure of taking a trip to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is an island country south of India in the Indian Ocean. It is often referred to as the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, or the Teardrop of India. Getting there wasn’t  easy (3 flights, 26 hours), but […]

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