Picnics in paradise and the end of the world...

I’ve been rather slack with updates lately. And I feel I haven’t done justice to the many beautiful places and people here in my postings. So I’m posting a jumble of photos to show just a taste of the sometimes magical quality of this place and the fact that my life here hasn’t been all gloom and anxiety.

Unfortunately Sri Lanka’s beauty underlines its tragedy. This could and should be a charmed tourist destination. But apart from NGO workers, and the occasional adventure-seeking surfer, there are almost no foreign travelers to be found in the Eastern part of the country.

A former co-worker took me out for a boat ride and hike at this 'tank' not about a half hour from my house.

It was windy and our boat didn't get very far. But it was a lovely trip nonetheless.

This is another place journalists took me for a bonfire at dusk and a really pleasant swim in the lake.

Waterfall at Horton Plains Park, not far from Nuwara Eliya

This place, also in Horton Plains is called "World's End"...

We got there just in time to see it before the daily fog gobbled up the view.

Trail on the way back from the end of the world

Sunset from top of hill overlooking Kandy