Travel Pictorials "jalan-jalan"

Beautiful birds on parade. To download hi-resolution version of the above image (600 kB), click here .

These are my Sri Lanka immigration stamps - maiden trip to another wonderful country, my 36th I reckon.

We are aboard a Sri Lankan Airlines Airbus A340. Similar in shape to an A330, it has 4 engines and a longer fuselage, and flies further. Our...

Trail emanating from the tip of the winglet.

Engine #1 of the A340 plane.

Noon and we are safely parked at KLIA, and at the same gate we left four days ago. Always great to be home!

Departure lounge at last! Well, it was a rather harmless wait, but we are really sleepy and tired.

Yup, we are definitely on our way home now.

This stall looks interesting - Sinhalese masks to ward off evil and bring good luck...and the chick on the top right corner looks cool too.

Close up of the masks...and the lady.

And business is brisk at the sole cafetaria in the departure area, at 2am! Mainly travellers delayed by the Saudi plane commotion.

Colourful parakeets grace the cafetaria wall.

As luck would have it, our flight is now delayed by 4 hours, new departure time set at 4.30am. What an unearthly hour! Reason: see above . L...

My survival kit in case of a plane delay just like this one. :-)

The crescent Moon appears, with Venus and Jupiter in tow...

...while a pair of lovebirds savour the moments...

...and it's time for us to leave Negombo, find dinner, and head for Colombo airport. Our plane to Kuala Lumpur leaves in 5 hours.

A lot of cute little coconuts are littering the beach...

...and getting very wet too.

A beach at Negombo. Looking southwards. The sun has just set. We miss it by a few minutes!