Boat Show - 2012

Got to know about a boat show happening at BMICH and since I had no other plans I decided to drop by. Apart from gun boats from Sri Lanka Navy the only interesting thing for me were the Jet Skis.

Control room of a small Yacht

A Jet Ski on display

Link(s): www.boatshowsrilanka.org

Vesak 2012

No fake Vesak theme like last year and the decorations were also not in level compared to last year. There were some decorations around Beira Lake as usual and this is how it was...

Bridge

A model boat on Beira Lake

An Island with a tall building in the background

Spinning disks

Bodhinagala

There are a lot of kinds of birds in Sri Lanka and to see some rare species you normally have to go really far. But fortunately there is one place not too far away from Colombo called Bodhinagala where you can see lot of birds.

We went to Bodhinagala on 12th April 2012, and our journey started early as 5 am from Colombo. It was a bit drizzling but we were able to see many kinds of birds. Hornbills, Honeybirds, Woodpeckers and many kinds of Kingfishers even the rarest Dwarf Kingfisher can be seen at Bodhinagala.

Butterfly

Woodpecker

Chicken

Mushroom growing on a Tree

Honeybird having a look at the flowers

Bird building its nest

Kanneliya

Kanneliya is another rain forest is located close to the famous Sinharaja forest. It has almost the same climate and lot of similarities to the Sinharaja forest. We there on 31st March 2012 and 1st April 2012 and went to on 2 hikes. Our main mission was photography, so we were all prepared for the rain (which did not fell for our luck) and leeches.

Pol Mal Karawala (Golden Tree Snake)

Hump Nosed Lizard

A large Spider

Wooden Bridge near Anagimala Waterfall

A Monkey

Park near Waters Edge

Ever since the government took control of Waters Edge the only good thing happened to that (or around that area) is this new park.

Sailboat

Rowing

Footpath View-1

Lake View

Lights

Footpath View-2

A kind note to those who plan to visit this park: The Park is yet unpolluted and it's your responsibility maintaining it that way.

Stockholm

The capital of Sweden, probably more beautiful in the Summer but the beauty was not totally gone away in the Winter. Since Stockholm is near to the cost of the Baltic Sea it was covered with Snow in the winter of 2011/2012.

Stockholm has its own heritage and it’s filled with buildings with lovely ancient architecture and those are not only limited in the Old Town area. Stockholm is an untapped yet so modern city.

Guards of the Royal Palace (Kungliga Slottet)

Captain’s cabin of warship Vasa

A Statue in the Old Town

An old-style ship

Chinese Spring Festival

The Confucius Institute presented Chinese Spring Festival which is an event dedicated for Chinese Martial arts and Chinese Music. It was held at the Karlstad University on 17th February 2012.

Sword Performance

Performance of Chinese traditional weapons

Chinese Folk Musical Performance