ගල්පොත්තැන්න ග්රාම නිලධාරී වසමට අයත් නන්පේරියල් ප්රදේශයට ආසන්නතම නගරය බෙලිහුල් ඔය වේලනන්පේරියල් වතු යායේ කොටස් හතරක ගම්මාන හතරක ජනයා ජීවත්වන අතර ඔවුන්ගෙන් කොටස් 3ක් පමණ සිටින්නේ හතරවටින් කඳු වලින් වටවූ මහා පාතාලයකය. ඊට අමතරව පිහිටි නැග්රැක් ගම්මානය ඇත්තේ එම ගම්මානවලටත් වඩා අඩි දහස්ගණනකින් උසැති ලෝකාන්ත බෑවුමේ ඉහළ කෙළවරකය.

We decided to take rest after long & tired 1st day journey. On next day morning after having our breakfast we went to Kalankuttiya Wewa , it is near by our relative’s house. It is very big & good place for bath. We have a good time there until we came home for our lunch. In the evening we went to Kalakuttiya village temple.

We started our journey around 7.30 a.m & first visit to Sri Maha Bodhi & Ruwanweliseya. After that we went to other important places until 11.30 a.m. After that we went to Thisa Wewa & having good time in water. After having our lunch we had a little nap under the roadside tree. Around 3.00 p.m we started our journey again.

Year and Month 23-24 Jan 2016 Number of Days 2 Crew Hasitha, Gayan and Me + Wildlife Tracker and Our Jeep Driver Senevi Accommodation Manawila Wildlife Bungalow Transport By Car and Jeep Activities Wildlife, Photography, Relaxing, etc… Weather Excellent but some showers in the afternoon on the first day. Route Colombo->Puttalam->Saliyawewa->Wilpattu National Park and back […]

Our son in Grade 1 & he getting long vacation in August. That means we were free from normal routine work. Then we decided to arrange a trip. We thought arrange a long trip. It will easy for us to visit many places & visit all relatives’ houses in one trip. On 30th June morning we went to Anuradhapura. But on that moment also we don’t have any fix plan. But one thing , I knew that this will be more than 10 days trip.

Going Camping alone is a one of the best experience you can get. This idea came to my mind on the beginning of this year. So I planned to go Balathoduwa & Gommoli kanda via Adara kanda. Then I asked from Ashan, Niroshan and Amran is it ok to go there alone. They all said it is bad idea go alone. So I changed plan and decide stop at 1st view point of adara kanda. Because I just wanted have Solo camping experience.

We started our trip on 7 January morning & we reached to Badulla around 12.30 p.m. Firstly we searched room for stay. First we visit to Dunhinda Fall & evening we went to Muthiyangana Raja Maha Viharaya.

Trinco is a destination we haven’t visited for nearly a decade and I always thought of Trinco as “dry and arid”. My recent visit to Trinco really opened my eyes – how green and vibrant Trinco is with its blue lagoons eating into the land at every corner making one wonder whether it’s the lagoon or the ocean!

We start to built a house for poor family in Athimale – Siyabalanduwa. Less than 2 months we completed the house. On January 29th we went to handover the house for family. We started our journey on 28th January at 11.15 p.m & we reached to Athimale at 6.00 a.m. First we visit to see the family’s Dream Home & handover the house for them. It is very memorable moment in our life.

We got the news about poor family in Sandunpura – Dehiattakandiya. We plan to visit there to see that family. We took Mahiyangana bus from Pettah. It leaves 12.00 p.m & reached to Mahiyanganaya at 5.15 a.m.

This is a quick report with few tips to unseasoned travellers to Wilpattu National Park. 15th Friday was a holiday and some of our friends gathered as usual in the afternoon and the chat turned in to a trip planning session and was thinking of going to Wilpattu early next morning with the intention of being at the entrance by 6 AM. One of the guys wanted to leave on the same day and the discussion turned in to leaving in the evening on the same day.

As you all know this big disaster was impacted to our lives also, because we were shocked by seeing this kind of disaster to this innocent people. After few weeks we quickly went to Meeriyabedda to see this area. Actually our target was to go to the top of that mountain.