Our first hotel south from Colombo the Mount Lavinia ...		... with a view over the stormy sea ...		... and our first original Ceylon teatime.
On our first day of excursion we came to the wonderful hihglands ...		... with its stunning waterfalls, ...			... the lovely fire trees, ...
		... and of course the huge tea plantations.				The second hotel was a former tea factory...
		... in about 1400 m ...		... with a most impressive panorama ...
... and an exquisite buffet.			View onto the tea factory "Pedro", which we could inspect.		After Ellen did the disposition, the tea pickers started for their day tour.
	First the leaves have to dry for some days ...		... then they will be turned through different mills, ...
... after a lot of variably procedures ...			... there are the quality checks and the tea packing.			After all you try to escape from the heat in the factory to the 'cool' (25 °C), fresh air outside. And by watching the great panorama you get served a cup of fresh Ceylon tea.
Next hihglight was a servey of the place where the pictures for the movie 'Bridge at River Kwai' were taken.		Too bad that the bridge was blown up completely for the movie, so there was nothing left for sightseeing but the river ...		... therefore we had a excellent lunch and fresh harvested dessert.
	Short stop at a rubber tree plantation ....			... where the boys broke the swimming to take a short look onto the tourists.
Absolutely clou was a visit at an elephant orphanage in Pinnawela ...				... with a just one week old elephant baby.
On the way to the river ...		... doors and windows were thight closed ...		... and some 'teenagers' had to be brought there under heavy equipment.
	Duly arrived at the river there seemed to be not so much fun...			... the elephants appeared rather to be bored ...
		... and so they waited for their way back to the camp.			At the same day the singhalese tourist minister came to see the elephants and there was much ado about him and his cortege.
From our room in Kandalama Hotel we had a great View over the jungle to the big water tank…			…but when the sun went down millions of insects besieged the whole hotel and dinner was not that much fun…		…although the buffet was excellent. From Kandalama we went to Dambulla to visit a temple which was built in the rock..
	…and to the Sigirya Rock. Over there a king built his castle to be save from his enemies.			On the left hand the entrance to the lower third, right hand side is the entrance to the highest third.
To climb the mountain was a little risky and better…			…to have both hands free.		The famous cloud girls, too bad that most of the pictures are destroyed.
	We just managed it and the panorama is stunning.				The kings bath tub and his arm chair.
Ruines of another old king city…				On our way to Kandy to the Mahaweli Reach.
	First stop in Kandy was the botanic garden.					That's how cacao looks.
		In one of the conservatories somebody showed us a scorpion and it seemed that he wouldn't let us go until we payed for the picture we took.			Aren't these palm trees unbelievable?
	Next stop was the tooth temple where one of Buddhas teeth should be kept.			After that we had to stand the whole tour of sales shows and we decided to buy a small jewel at the silver factory as a little gift for my sister.
An unusual but excellent hospitality we had in a small guesthouse…			…and relaxed afterwards by the landscape impressions.
					Short visit at a catholic church.
	On the left side the post office, right side the food market…				…where we should actually whet our appetite..
…to go for lunch in a typically English club.		The last run took us to Colombo again, the end of our journey..				…now to the Hilton.
This was our domicile for the relaxing week at the beach in Beruwela.			Every day the room maid prepared our bed with lovely flowers…
	…and a highly visible cue at the last day.		The swimming pool was amazing…
		…and everywhere we had to count on a visit of a mini saurian.			Also the sweet squirrels came by.
	Coconut milk, not bad but foreign to my nature.		The beach could only be used for walks because this part Bentota river meets the ocean.
A single elephant should rock the tourists through the sand…			…and once even was the wedding coach for a couple.
	Pictures of a former Netherlands fort in Galle…			…with a fantastic view, cricket playing men…
	…and a gruesome jailhouse manhole.		Fishermen
Pictures from the beach in the south of Hikkaduwa.
	Mask manufacture			Beedies, very chic in Germany in the seventies, …		…we of course opened and took a look inside to avoid problems by going through customs .
A gemstone mine with dealer's workshop.
At a turtle farm we could learn about their whole evolution process.		Collected turtle eggs from the beach…		…became registered and burrowed at save places.
	After the turtles hatch they were brought to day basins…			…where the quick growth could be watched.
Four days later they were released.		Some of the animals stay at the farm e.g. the uncommon albino turtles…		… for demonstration and educational advertising about the endangered animals.