It was the last day of 2017 and we wanted to go somewhere. The dry zone mountains around Dambulla were in our priority list so we headed towards Dambulla and planned to hike Yakkuragala with the aid of maps.

Same as last year we arrange donate school items for rural school. This time we selected Batuhena Primary School in Elehera Bakamuna area for our donation. 81 children & 6 teachers in that school.

Kaudulla national park probably is the best location to watch elephants in Sri Lanka if you are a big fan. But the exposure given is very much less in my opinion comparing to other national parks.

So I have been very busy for a while but yet found some time for traveling. Only thing is i didn’t have anytime to do a write up. So this would be a short write up on two locations i visited last December.

Karanampotha Mountain (639m) is an isolated peak situated between Melsiripura and Galewela areas, facing Kurunegala-Dambulla road. It is closely related to the mountain where famous Na Uyana Aranya (නා උයන ආරණ‍ය) is situated.

Kukulagala /Diyathalawa (කුකුළාගල/ දියතලාව) is a mountain range situated at Rikillagaskada town in Kandy district. This traingular shape mountain was popular among surveyors as a measuering point. British surveyor called C. Erskine has been there in 1910 and his engraved letters can be found at top of Diyathalawa Mountain. Other than Erskine, some other surveyors also have visited there. (Ambeek in 1924)

Beliya Kanda is a triangular shape isolated mountain seen at Galewela area. It has a height of 613m. The top of Beliya Kanda has a forest coverage therefore doesn’t provide a good view towards surrounding mountains.

Koboneelagala (1555m) is a well known peak of Knuckles forest reserve. This is our one day visit to Koboneelagala assuming it as Dumbanagala but ended up at Koboneelagala.

Deraniyagala area is blessed with number of waterfalls and water level of these falls are high throughout the year due to good rainfalls. Most of these falls are less in height but rich in beauty.

Wewelthalawa is a plateau located in Amanawela – Yatiyanthota region on the mountain top, above a height of 2,800 feet. It lies in the center of a ring of mountains like a bottom of a basin. This belongs to Halgolla Estate of Kelani Valley Plantations Ltd.

We were enjoying hiking and trekking since 2011 after we entered the University of Colombo. This time we wanted to end the year (2016) with a novel experience. So we decided to camp on a beach and selected the amazing Kalpitiya (Kudawa) beach to fulfill our dream.

We received a request from rural village in Angunukolapelessa area. They request books for their village library. We started collecting books from friends & relatives from last September.