Our room is on the right hand side and two floors from the top (see above). We have found that the first night at any new say is the least restful. As such I found myself awake early in the morning so I popped up and took a walk. I did wake Leslie up but I hope that she slept deeper without me in the room. I saw11 different species of birds of which two were new to me. I wandered down a street towards the river when Amila invited me to come onto his property. He is building a restaurant, has two rooms that he rents out and also has his own living area, It is right on the river and the ruins of his grandfathers house are right next door. We poked around inside there and he was just delightful.
See, hear, say and drink no evil
The Sri Lanka Flag has a 2:1 ratio, very unique among flags of the world
Surfers are out
Inside the large open air bar
Reptilian hellos
Fancy wood accents in our room
A big window
Fishing boats
The gates to a big temple
Stupa!
Big monitor lizard
A bloom and glass shards on the top of the wall
Amila's place
Lifebird #1
The Purple-Rumped Sunbird
Raw wood walls
Lovely lavender flowers
A Dongo
The river is calm
Mangroves
Some very large seed pods
Hey!
Roots growing on the walls of Grandpa's old house
Trees growing in the middle
Porcupines live here
Lots of roots living on the walls
Snail shell
More snails!
Brahminy Kite
Lots of flowers
Bird Buddies
Prayer Flags
More flowers but time to head back
Black Hooded Oriel Lifebird #2
