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Orphaned Elephants & Surfers
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Duck and heron
in the hotel pond next to where the hoppers were made to order - there was
at least one terrapin in there too...
Ducks generally
had the run of the place - we also had monkeys on the roof and a mongoose
patrol the walkway...
Melancholic frog
motif in the pool...
Sadly the only
leopard we saw in the Yala National Park area before we headed to the coast...
Upscaled version of what we'd seen in the rural villages - drying rice on a
motorway...
Another
unexpected hazard of Sri Lankan driving...
Udawalawe
Elephant Transit Home
A rehabilitation home for orphaned elephants...
A rehabilitation home for orphaned elephants...
A disabled
older elepahant enjoying a shower...
After some
waiting batches of baby elephants were let in to receive bottled milk...
and then some
greenery and general socialising...
Ahangama
Miche with a flower she'd received on arrival...
Miche with a flower she'd received on arrival...
View of the
Indian Ocean from the room...
No bare bodies...
Painting of traditional fishermen in the hotel...
Poles for
traditional fishing, though these are mainly for tourist posing nowadays...
A wander along
the beach...
Footprints...
The beach
dropped off quickly and the waves took no prisoners; we both got a lot
wetter than planned...
The stone
breakwater had gobies that climbed out of the water to feed on the rocks...
Sri Lanka has a
number of holidays when alcohol is prohibited, including for every full moon...
