Sri Lanka

coastline

Sri Lanka officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia.

crafts

Bobbin lace, also known as pillow lace, is a method of making lace by weaving threads held on bobbins and pinning them on top of a pattern pinned to a pillow.

flowers

The Indian star tortoise scientifically known as Geochelone elegans, belongs to a species of tortoise found in semi-arid grassland and scrub forest of India and Sri Lanka.

birds · forest

The White-browed Fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird. The White-browed Fantail breeds across tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Vietnam. This species is found in forest and other woodland.

The Ashy Prinia or Ashy Wren-Warbler (Prinia socialis) or phutki ,is a small warbler a resident breeder of the Indian subcontinent, western Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

bus

Buses are easily available from Galle bus stand to Colombo fort. One can travel by ordinary or luxury buses. Luxury buses are highway buses in Galle. Ashok Leyland's and Tata are leading supplier of buses in Sri Lanka.

coastline

Unawatuna beach, a paradise along Sri Lanka's coastal belt is one of the most popular beaches in Sri Lanka. Unawatuna beach draws both local and foreign visitors who have come to love this paradise isle profoundly, as well as the newbies.

wildlife

Poaching elephants for ivory and meat is a widespread phenomenon in many Asian countries including India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Kampuchea and Sri Lanka (Sukumar 1989, Santiapillai 1987, Santiapillai 1987a, Santiapillai & Jackson 1990, Ve…

village · river

Mine workers extract minerals and moon stones from underground mines shafts. Moonstone, considered to be the most valuable variety of feldspar, is the opalescent variety of orthoclase (an opaque to transparent potassium feldspar).

flowers

The Indian star tortoise scientifically known as Geochelone elegans, belongs to a species of tortoise found in semi-arid grassland and scrub forest of India and Sri Lanka.

flowers

The Indian star tortoise scientifically known as Geochelone elegans, belongs to a species of tortoise found in semi-arid grassland and scrub forest of India and Sri Lanka.

wildlife · birds

The Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds mainly in the sub-Himalayas and winters in southern India and Sri Lanka.

birds · wildlife

The black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae.

livestock

The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large buffalo found on the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, in Sri Lanka, in Luzon Island in the Philippines, and in Borneo.

music

Raban or Rabana is one-sided traditional drum type played with the hands, used in Sri Lanka. The body of these drums are made by carving the Jack or Vitex trees. The skin used is that of a goat.

livestock

The water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large buffalo found on the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia, in Sri Lanka and in Borneo.

wildlife · birds

The Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds mainly in the sub-Himalayas and winters in southern India and Sri Lanka.

wildlife · birds

The Great Stone-curlew or Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka into South-east Asia.

wildlife · birds

The Great Stone-curlew or Great Thick-knee (Esacus recurvirostris) is a large wader which is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka into South-east Asia.

flowers

The Indian star tortoise scientifically known as Geochelone elegans, belongs to a species of tortoise found in semi-arid grassland and scrub forest of India and Sri Lanka.

flowers

The Indian star tortoise scientifically known as Geochelone elegans, belongs to a species of tortoise found in semi-arid grassland and scrub forest of India and Sri Lanka.

Chonemorpha is a genus that consists of large evergreen vigorous woody vines with milky sap from India, Sri Lanka, to Southeast Asia, the Philippines and South China.Growing dormant in sub-tropical and tropical climates and usually losing l…