Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Negombo Town in Sri Lanka

Negombo is a town of about 65,000, about 37 km north of Colombo, in Sri Lanka. It is located at the mouth of the Negombo lagoon, about 7 km from the Bandaranaike International Airport. Negombo has a small port, and its economy is based mainly on tourism and the fishing industry for centuries affiliate, although it also produces cinnamon, ceramics, copper ware.



Saturday, September 27, 2014

Hikkaduwa Beach in Sri Lanka

Hikkaduwa is a small town located on the southern coast of Sri Lanka. It is located in the southern region, about 20 km north-west of Galle. Hikkaduwa is famous for its beaches and coral reefs. The affected villages Telwatta, Paraliya, Dodanduwa, Kahawa, Rathgama. Place on the road from Colombo to Galle Galle on the famous road. It is a tourist destination in the first place, and as a great beach with options to surf, snorkel and enjoy the sun.





Thursday, September 25, 2014

Birds of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island located near the southern tip of India. Bird life of Sri Lanka is very rich for its size, has recorded about 433 species. In addition to the many resident birds, a large number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds. 


233 resident species, and the most important of which 26 have been found on other species residing Endemic.The also in the adjacent Indian mainland, but more than 80 have developed distinct Sri Lankan races. Some of these races are very different in plumage characteristics of the relevant forms in India. 

And determined the distribution of birds in Sri Lanka to a large extent of climatic zones where. Dry Zone is the largest of the three, covering more than half the area of ​​the island, with a period of dry and hot for long periods of time and the monsoon and only one (the northeast monsoon from October to January). 


Wet area, with two monsoons, is in the southwestern quarter of the island, where there are few remaining rain forests and high humidity. 

The central area of the hill rises to more than 2450 hours (8 to 10.000 feet) and has a cool temperate climate. Most are confined to the 26 endemic species and wet areas of the hill, with only a few stretches to the area is also dry.







Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Galle Port in Sri Lanka

Galle "Gaul", and Sinhalese IPA: [ɡaːlːə]) is a city located on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka 0.119 km from Colombo. Galle was known as Gimhathiththa before the arrival of the Portuguese in the Horn of 16th, when it was the main port on the island. Galle reached the height of its development in the Horn of 18th, during the Dutch colonial period. The main river is the River Ganges Gin Gin, which starts from Gongala Kanda and passing villages such as Neluwa, Nagoda, Baddegama, Thelikada, Wakwella and kisses the sea in Ginthota. In Wakwella over the river there Wakwella bridge is the longest bridge in Sri Lanka.








Monday, September 22, 2014

Trincomalee in Sri Lanka

Trincomalee is a natural port city on the east coast of Sri Lanka, about 110 kilometers north-east of Kandy. The city was built on a peninsula, which divides the internal and external ports. It is one of the main centers of Tamil speaking culture on the island. Historically, the name referred Gokanna, or Gokarna it was the seaport, which played a major role in the history of maritime and international trade in Sri Lanka.








Sunday, September 21, 2014

Knuckles Range in Sri Lanka

Mountain chain joints located in the center of Sri Lanka, to the northeast of the city of Kandy. Group takes its name from a series of recumbent folds and peaks in the west of the massif which resemble the fingers of the fist when viewed from certain locations in the Kandy district. While this name has been set by the British surveyors in the early Sinhalese population and are usually referred to the region Dumbara Kanduvetiya means fog Laden mountain range (Cooray, 1984).

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Kalkudah Beach in Sri Lanka

Kalkudah or Kalkuda (pronounced Cal-Koda, Tamil translator Rock Bay) is a coastal city located resort about 35 kilometers northwest of Batticaloa district of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. It used to be a popular tourist destination, but due to the decreased number of tourists in 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean and the Sri Lankan civil war. Located Pasikudah and Kalkudah few kilometers from each other.