There wasn’t much traffic on the road and I tried my skill at photographing from inside thecar while moving.

There weren’t many interesting things until we saw this motor bike transporting furniture somewhere close to Moratuwa.

After turning from Panadura we stopped at the bridge over the Bolgoda Ganga in Bandaragama to enjoy the scenery.

Using the same camera as I did, my father had also shot almost the same scene.

The temple has been built at a site where there had previously been a palace

Devotees had already started engaging in religious activities as it was Poya.

It was interesting to see this elephant head shaped spout carved out of stone…………

………… and this toilet cut in stone.

The Viharaya looked liked a castle in the mist……..

….and it being a Poya day, sisters in white were ready to observe “sil “.

Some of the oil lamps were already lit.

It was very quiet and peaceful.

The stone inscription read ‘Deva’ the son of ‘Shiva’ donated this land to the temple.

There is supposed to be something special about this pond but we could not find it out. I think it never goes dry.

However, there weren’t any interesting things to see other than a few stone carvings.

I do not know what this meant…. and neither did my father!

Further on, we turned off the main road to drive over an interesting bridge with an iron frame and wooden planks. As we drove on it, it made a loud “dada – bada, dada – bada“noise.

The water flowing under the bridge looked like ‘Kiri thae’ (කිරි තේ). I found the shadow of the trees fallen on the ‘Kiri thea’ interesting.

“STOP! STOP!” shouted my mother and we ended up looking around this sewing machine repair shop…

..and photographing too.

The temple looked as grand as a palace.

The significance of this temple is that King Sri Wikrama Rajasinha had donated this land to the temple because the priest of the temple had translated the Pali Majjhima Nikaya into Sinhala.

Inside the image house, was this giant bowl.

My father showed me the switch board and I took a picture of this ‘clique’ of ‘clicks’.

This was an interesting thing that I saw on the way back from the viharaya. An actual ‘lamp – shade’.

In case you are thirsty……. there is fresh drinking water here……… free of charge.

On either the side of the road there were many stretches of rubber plantations.

I walked up to a rubber tree to take this picture of it ‘milking’.

Ah! We saw this ferry across the Kalu Ganga……..

……...and we took a ride across the river with ‘Captain’ Dharmadasa Mama.

I did not take any pictures at the Saman Devalaya as the place was crowded. This picture of a painting on the wall was shot by my father.

This stone carving of a Portuguese soldier and a Sinhalese reminds us that this place was once a Portuguese Fort.

There were lots of people selling yummy fruits …..

…and many other items.

Interestingly, the sign at the entrance looked like it was written in ‘SMS language’. Next to it was a mark made by the Survey Department indicating the ‘Highest Flood Level’ (HFL)…

…and there was another similar mark at the foot of the steps. My father said that these are markings made by the Survey Department.

Passing the town my mother and I walked into the Ratnapura Thiriwanaketiya Sri Kataragama Devi Kovil which is also just by the road.

At the kovil were the statues of deities that always give us hope for peace. The priest of the kovil put ‘Pottu’ on our foreheads

Just passing the town our next stop was at the Pelmadulla Rajamaha Viharaya. This is the temple from where the perahera starts at the beginning of the Sri Pada season.

The Makara Thorana has Adam & Eve painted on it.

Although the ‘Kirindi Ella’ waterfall is not too far from the main road we did not visit the waterfall as we had been there before. These two photographs are ones shot by my father during a previous visit.

The waterfall could also be seen from the main road (but at a distance) soon after passing the Rajamaha Viharaya.

Many gem pits could be seen on either side of the road.

There seemed to be a lot of activity going on.

The mama selling these colourful pillows was wondering as to what I was doing pointing the camera at the pillows.

Next stop was to photograph the Yodha ( giant ) Pus Wela at Opanayake.

We had to climb a lot of steps to get to the cave temple. The temple has been modernized.

On our way back to the main road my father stopped to take this picture of these ‘paddy field pools’.

This was also a cave temple. We did not walk around the temple as there were people observing ‘sil’.

My father had taken this picture inside the cave temple.

On our way back to the main road my mother captured this picture of a family burial ground… May they Rest in Peace!

It was interesting to see this ‘Female Scarecrow’!

At Ellepola, we turned South of the road on to Gawaranhena road and we drove a short distance to see the ‘Ellepola Ella’ waterfall.

However, although it cannot be seen from the main road, this waterfall is just below the A4.