A Little Bit of Everything

Today was an extraordinary day.  It began with a bird walk  

and ended with an incredible buffet by the lake
with dream lanterns.  I was so excited to discover two baby birds
in a nest just waiting for their Mom to bring them
breakfast.


Later in the morning we traveled on to visit a lovely village school.
In Sri Lanka children learn three languages: Senegalese,
Tamil and English.  The children performed in all three
languages.  They also had created leis for each of us from the

local flowers and peovided a typical snack cooked in leaves..  The were absolutely so cute and full of promise.

Following this special look into the lives of the of Sri Lanka people we traveled back in time to see how it was in the 5th Century. By the way Sri Lanka means Resplendent Island and this name change from Ceylon was the first Constitutional Amendment.  We visited the World Heritage Sigiriya which was a bastion and place of King Kasyapa during the 5th Century.  It is impressive as the complex includes geometrically
laid water gardens, complex brick formations and ancient rock art.  It is an amazing testimony of what can be accomplished without modern technology

 This is Sigiriya and Cobra Cave.

It was a long and wonderful day and at the end the welcome to the hotel reminded you of the culture as well as the nature that makes up this Island Paradise.

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