This was an idea and an initiative of one of our trip colleagues Dr Aruna Chaminda at Negombo Base Hospital. He was a participant of our Sobasiri hiking events and this Tree Planting programs not a new thing for him. Because he has done a big save for our mother nature by planting many trees in different areas.

සමනල රක්ෂිතය යනු වචනයේ අර්ථයෙන්ම නම කියූ සැණින් ලංකාවේ ඕනෑම කෙනෙකු හඳුනන ඉසව්වක ඓතිහාසික වශයෙන් සේම ආගමික වශයෙන් දැඩි භක්තියක් වැදගත්කමකින් හෙබි සමනල රක්ෂිතයේ උසම කන්ද වනුයේ බුදුරජාණන් විසින් සිරිපතුල පිහිටවනු ලැබූ සමනළ කන්දය. මීටර 2243 ක් පමණ උස සමනල කන්දට පමණක් දෙවන වන මීටර 2060 කට ආසන්න උසින් යුත් රක්ෂිතයේ දෙවැනි උසම කන්ද සොයා පසුගිය වියළි සමයේදී අපි රක්ෂිතයට අවතීර්ණ වුණෙමු. නමක් නොමැති මෙම කන්දට අප විසින් නම් තැබුවේ මහමුණි කන්ද යනුවෙනි. මන්ද කන්ද පාමුල පිහිටි මහමුණි කෝවිල නිසාවෙනි. 

කැලණි ගඟ නැතහොත් කල්‍යාණ නදිය (Kelani River) යනු ලංකාවේ බොහෝ ප්‍රසිද්ධ සහ සිව් වැනියට දිගම ගංගාව වේ. කොළඹ මට්ටක්කුලියේ පිහිටි කදිරාන පාලම යටින් ගොස් මහ සයුර සිපගන්නා කැලණි ගඟේ උපත සොයා කැලණි ගඟ ආශ්‍රිත ජන ජීවිතය සහ ජන සමාජය බැඳී තිබෙන අපූර්වත්වය සමග එහි උපත සොයා උඩුගම් බලා යන ගමන අපි මෙසේ දිග හරිමු. කාලයේ වැලි තලාවෙන් යට වුණු බොහෝ ජන දිවි සරි කෙරුණ මෙම සුවිසල් ගංගාවට සමාන්තරව කි​ෙලා්‍ මීටර් 160 ක පමණ දුර යතුරු පැදියෙන් ගිය කැලණි නදී වත අපි මෙලෙස ගෙන එන්නෙමු.  

Kura Uda Waterfall is situated in the middle stretch of the small stream starting from Giranchi Mountain in the Forest Reservation. Though this place was not so famous in the past, recently the number of visitors has been increasing. The Government Forest Reservation in which this waterfall is situated is rich in rare wet zone plants and herbal plants. Many birds and animals native to this area live here.

I and Malith were planning a hike on a Saturday and we came through Hatton to Nawalapitiya for a hike but unfortunately, we couldn’t go to the destination due to some bicycle issue. Then we thought to go to Peacock since Malith wasn’t there before. But I went Peacock about 4 years ago but couldn’t capture a single photograph due to heavy mist and rain. Hence I also agreed with Malith to go to Peacock via a different road which shows in the Google Map.

There was a special visit at Jetwing Hatton bungalows on that day and I left early morning around 5.30 am from Jaela and wanted to be at Hatton at 9 am. I was heard that Sripadaya can see near to Jaela Highway entrance but never had time to go there in the early morning. Since the sunrise wasn’t happening I thought to go and see whether Sripadaya is visible to that place.

It was one of those glorious early mornings, and as we reached the Caves of Varana Rajamaha Viharaya, the first rays of the sun were lighting it up, highlighting its peculiar formation. The paddy fields around it were glowing green after the rains and from its flat plains rose a splendid but modest rocky outcrop. At the bottom of the rock facing the road was a cave with an impressively high drip ledge cut high on its brow. This was enough of a landmark that we had arrived at the Varana Raja Maha Vihara

Ussangoda is a designated archaeological site, situated on the Colombo – Kataragama road near Ambalantota – Nonagama Junction in Hambantota District of Sri Lanka. It is also a nature reserve and is located in the southern turtle breeding zones. Ussangoda is a patch of high ground by the sea and spreads over a significant area. Unlike the rest of the land surrounding, it is only covered with grass and a few pockets of pigmy forests. The summit of Ussangoda area pans like a plateau for a significant length

Few days back to be specific on 21st of April 2019 disaster struck and the whole country was in distress, so to get away from all the hate, anger and grievance we decided to hike a small mountain.

Pahiyangala caves lies in Yatagampitiya, which is a remote village about 5 km away from Bulathsinhala (40Km along Piliyandala-Horana road), in the Kalutara District. Excavation has proved that these caves were inhabited by prehistoric cave men some 37,000 years ago. This cave is supposed to be the largest natural rock in Asia and this is also known to be the most ancient pre-historic human settlement in Asia.

When I went to Nirosh’s house one day he invited me to see the Maswil Canel and since I have little time we decided to walk along the Canal up to the Bolgoda River.

When ever I have climbed up Yapahuwa I have noted an interesting rocky monadnock which was like a soldier keeping an eye on Yapahuwa fortress. Later I got to know that it was called Diyabete kanda.