Showing posts with label bentota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bentota. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Need Some Help on Sri Lanka

I think I mentioned in another post that I'm scanning all my prints to digital right now. I'm trying to recall the names of places as I do this. When it comes to this temple in Sri Lanka, I'm stuck. It would be located near Bentota...a reasonable driving distance. Perhaps less than 2 hours? It was not in a bustling city area. One of the photos is of a Buddha laying down. We're viewing what I believe to be prayers written on his feet. Does anyone recognise this? I'm hoping my tags will bring in some Googlers who know a bit about Sri Lanka. I have more photos if a reader thinks they've been to this temple or recognise it.




Saturday, January 19, 2008

*Sigh*

A friend and I visited Sri Lanka in early 2004. It was during the 2nd Eid break that we headed down there for 5 days. I was on Facebook tonight browsing the photos of a former Egyptian colleague of mine, and the title of her recent photo album was "Eid Holiday 2007." Though there were no photo titles that specifically indicated location, it looked very much like Sri Lanka.

Below you'll find a photo of me from that 2004 Sri Lanka trip at the Turtle Project in Bentota where every night at sunset several visitors to the area helped the Turtle Project staff release the newly-hatched turtles into the ocean. The other photo is one that I found in my former colleague's recent photo album.