Sri Lanka (all images)

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (ශ්‍රී ලංකා in Sinhala, இலங்கை in Tamil) is a small country of 22 million inhabitants in south Asia.

It is an island of 65610 km² located immediately south of India in the Indian ocean. The island is mostly flat and consists to a large extent of plains. Only in the southern part there are mountains, reaching a maximum height of 2524 metres. Sri Lanka lies north of the equator at a latitude of between 6 and 10 degrees and has a tropical climate with dry and wet seasons.
On the mountain slopes in the south there are extensive tea plantations at altitudes above 600m above sea level. Tea production is one of the main sources of foreign exchange for Sri Lanka.
The people of Sri Lanka are mostly Sinhalese Buddhists. A Tamil Hindu minority lives in the north of the country. Sri Lanka has a rich cultural heritage and history and has been settled since prehistoric times. Due to its historical, cultural and natural highlights it receives a large number of tourists every year.
How to get to Sri Lanka
The simplest way to reach Sri Lanka is by plane, via the international airport in Colombo.
Accommodation
Being a very tourist-oriented country, Sri Lanka has a multitude of accomodation options at various price levels.


01 Golden Buddha statue	02 Seema Malakaya Buddhist temple	03 Golden Buddha statues	04 Guanyin statue	05 Guanyin statue


06 Golden Buddha statues	07 Reclining Buddha statue	08 Reclining Buddha statue	09 Buddha statues


10 Seema Malakaya Buddhist temple	11 Buddhist stupa	12 Seema Malakaya Buddhist temple	13 Buddha statues	14 Colombo City Centre shopping mall


15 Colombo City Centre shopping mall	16 Colonnade in Chatham street	17 Elephant head statue	18 Lloyds and Whiteways buildings


19 Whiteaways building	20 Lankem plantation house	21 Lighthouse clock tower	22 Lotus tower	23 Lotus tower


24 Lotus tower	01 Black bird	02 Galle fort	03 Dutch reformed church


04 Dutch reformed church	05 Dutch tombstone	06 Dutch tombstone	07 Dutch and All Saints churches	08 Colourful pottery	09 Arabic college


10 The Heritage cafe bistro	11 Ceylon spa boutique	12 Street in Galle fort at night	13 Street in Galle fort at night	14 Wooden sculpture faces


15 The Fort Printers hotel	16 The Fort Printers hotel	17 Punto cafe restaurant	18 Street in Galle fort at night	19 Coffee shop


20 Old Dutch hospital	21 Colonnade	22 Police barracks	23 Court square at night


24 Old gate	25 Street	26 Palm trees	27 Tourists walking on city walls	28 Tourists walking to flag rock


29 Flag rock viewpoint	30 Flag rock	31 Galle fort


32 Sea rocks	33 Sea rocks	34 Lighthouse	35 Flag rock viewpoint	36 Galle fort walls


37 Meeran Jumma mosque	38 Meeran Jumma mosque	39 Galle fort walls


40 Beach	41 Sri Lankan people swimming in the sea	42 Lighthouse	43 Colonnade	44 Court square


45 All Saints church	46 Clock tower	47 Tourists walking on city walls


48 Church and Lighthouse streets	49 Grass-clad walls of Galle fort


50 Methodist church	51 Rickshaws	52 Galle fort walls


53 Rampart street	54 Galle fort walls


55 Galle fort wall	56 Street in Galle fort	57 Street in Galle fort


01 Tourist jeep	02 Road to Uda Walawa national park	03 Tourist jeeps at park checkpoint	04 Mud track inisde park


05 Tourist jeeps	06 Asian elephants	07 Elephant couple	08 Elephant couple


09 Elephant couple	10 Sri Lankan elephant	11 Asian elephants	12 Asian elephants	13 Group of elephants


14 Elephants near watering hole	15 Group of elephants	16 Elephants near watering hole	17 Group of elephants


18 Peacock	19 Mud track	20 Small lake	21 Small lake


22 Small lake	23 Black-winged stilts	24 Bird nest	25 Tourist jeeps and tourists


26 Udawalawe national park	27 White heron	28 Ibis


29 White heron	30 Elephant	31 Elephant	32 Safari jeep	33 Water buffaloes


34 Water buffalo grazing	35 Water buffaloes

36 Udawalawe national park


37 Mau Ara reservoir	38 Crocodile


39 Mau Ara reservoir	40 Crocodile


41 Crocodile	42 Lake with dead trees	43 Safari jeeps	44 Elephant


45 Elephant and tourist jeep	46 Elephant and tourist jeep	47 Mongoose	48 Mongoose	49 Mongoose


50 Elephant	51 Sunset	01 Hewaheta road	02 Bus	03 Bus


04 Pedestrian crossing	05 Sacred tooth temple entrance	06 Sacred tooth temple ticket office	07 Temple of the sacred tooth relic


08 Temple of the sacred tooth relic	09 Kandy lake	10 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple


11 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple	12 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple	13 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth	14 Wood carving in sacred tooth temple	15 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth	16 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple


17 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple	18 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth	19 Lantern in sacred tooth temple	20 Temple of the sacred tooth relic


21 Temple of the sacred tooth relic	22 Pilgrims in sacred tooth temple	23 Flags in sacred tooth temple	24 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth


25 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth	26 Inside the temple of the sacred tooth	27 Red fire-fighting truck


28 Kandy lake	29 Queens hotel	30 Shopping street in Kandy


31 Bahirawakanda Vihara Buddha statue	32 Lord Kataragama temple	33 Elephant	34 Sampath bank	35 Policeman


36 First world war memorial	37 Clock tower square	38 General Anuruddha Ratwatte statue	39 Clock tower


40 Torington park	41 Kandy lake southern shore	42 Temple of the sacred tooth relic


43 Temple of the sacred tooth relic	44 Temple of the sacred tooth relic	45 Temple of the sacred tooth relic	46 Temple of the sacred tooth relic


47 Kandy lake	48 Red mosque


49 Christian church	50 Street in Kandy	51 Pilgrims sitting on pavement	01 Tea plantation	02 Tea plantation


03 Tea plantation	04 Tea plantation	05 Nuwara Eliya	06 Colonial era house in Nuwara Eliya


07 Colonial era house in Nuwara Eliya	08 Nuwara Eliya	09 Shops in Nuwara Eliya	10 Tea leaves


11 Tea leaves	12 Trail in tea plantation	13 Tea plantation	14 Tea plantation	15 Tea plantation


16 Tree in tea plantation	17 Tree in tea plantation	18 Rice paddy


19 Pinnaketiya lake	20 Pinnaketiya lake


21 Rice paddy	22 Tangalle beach


23 Tangalle beach	24 Tangalle beach	25 2004 tsunami water level	26 2004 tsunami water level

27 Tangalle beach

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