Travel Pictorials "jalan-jalan"

Yup, Mr '2001: A Space Odyssey ' himself turns up at my Colombo hotel while I am away in Kandy, much to the delight of the missus. D...

Sir Arthur C. Clarke, wheelchair-bound since 1988 due to post-polio syndrome. Sri Lanka has been his home since 1956, and he owns a dive ce...

On the way back to Colombo, the Moon and Venus put up a great show. Poor Jupiter is also there, but outside the pic.

The crescent Moon, Venus and Jupiter (little dot, below to the right - click image for better view).

Sri Lanka = Tea, so just outside Kandy we do a quickie trip to this tea factory. It gets tea leaves from the surrounding plantations, all ha...

The tea leaves are dried and separated here according to size. And the smallest dusty bits are turned into tea-bags!

Processed tea leaves.

Sacks and chests of tea leaves, ready for sale. There are more than 1,000 tea factories in Sri Lanka, and 95% of it is exported. Tea leaves ...

The six main types of the famed Sri Lanka tea, named according to regions. Click image for better read.

A full-fledged sidewalk medical centre. Plastic surgery? Organ transplantations? No problem! Click image for better read.

Bells seem to figure prominently in Buddhist temples.

Across the wall, one sees the old complex of temples.

Part of the ancient wall.

Corridor between the external wall (right) and the temple wall (left).

View towards the Kandy Lake.

An outdoor hall, in the temple's compound. Note the white dagoba (stupa) to the left.

Close-up of the wooden joints. Note the lotus motif.

Intricately carved wooden pillars and beams.

At last a royal couple take the Tooth Relic to safety in Sri Lanka to escape the baddies in India.

Close-up of the description. Click image for better read.