Just an hour flight from Chennai, the island/nation of Sri Lanka is a dramatic change from India. The city of Colombo is both cleaner and more polluted. The streets are clean, but the air pollution from the traffic in the city and on the main roads out of town is thick and leaves one gasping for a breath of fresh air.
That said, once out of the city and onto the back roads, Sri Lanka is a lush and verdant landscape, and the beaches are hypnotic and inviting. This is a little taste of the island.
That said, once out of the city and onto the back roads, Sri Lanka is a lush and verdant landscape, and the beaches are hypnotic and inviting. This is a little taste of the island.
Pinnawela orphanage is situated northwest of the town Kegalla, halfways between the present capitol Colombo and the ancient royal residence Kandy in the hills of central Sri Lanka. It was established 1975 by the Sri Lanka Wildlife department. This 24 acres large elephant orphanage is a also breeding pace for elephants, twenty elephants were born since 1984, and it has the greatest herd of elephants in captivity in the world.
http://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=43
