Sri Lanka

Sunrise on Adam's Peak

Queen Hotel in Kandy.

Karma Chameleon.

In the Big Rock Kandy Mountains, there's a land that's fair and bright...

Sigiriya Sigiriya Sigiriya. Try saying that three times correctly - or even once... all trip.

Many working oliphants in these parts.

Amazing six hour train ride through the hills and tea estates.

Village station.

Adam's Peak, first day of the pilgrimage season - December 31st, 2009.

This pic has it all.

Rock Temple. Many Buddhas inside.

The colonialists considered squatting a mark of being uncivilized.

However, I see it as a mark of superiority -

while I squat with ease, most westerners cannot.

Also, it is very relaxing.

Below you'll note that I am in fact presenting a mocking

demonstration of the "tippy toe" squat.

around Yogyakarta

borobudur

central java, near yogyakarta, indonesia.

constructed around 800 AD.

Sumatra - Lake Toba

Off to Lake Toba in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia for 5 days.

Photos by Sri.

Mercedes Benz!



white hot.

mango season.

the king of fruits - durian.

shop front.

oh i took this one. cruise on the lake.

shy fruit sellers.

shy motorcyclists.

lake toba - largest lake in Southeast Asia - actually in the caldera of a volcano that erupted long long ago.

Guesthouse water front on an island in the lake -an island bigger than singapore.

into the volcano.

ok actually this is a hot spring -water and sulphur boiling to the surface