Sri Lanka

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John trying a yellow coconut in Sri Lanka.
John double-fisting a pair of young coconuts at a...
Bananas for sale. These were way sweeter than the...
Old Sri Lankan woman at her produce stand by a...
A sri lankan man prepares our young coconuts for eating...
A Sri Lankan man cuts open the young coconut with a machete.
Getting a bit closer!
Trevor, behind a pile of young coconuts for sale.
John eats lunch at a roadside restaurant for Westerners...
Our guide, who cost us about $100 for the day (including...
Wandering skinny cow.
Trevor posing in front of some ruin at Anuradhapura.
A giant stupa at Anuradhapura.
Ruins at Anuradhapura.
A five headed cobra.
Anyone want to go for a swim?
A turtle turns his head to say come on in, the water's great!
Ancient Buddha statue at Anuradhapura.
Some very interesting stone carvings at Anuradhapura.
More stone carvings.
John in front of a stupa at Anuradhapura that was being restored.
OSHA approved work environment. I'm sure they have a...
Another stupa in great afternoon light.
A teacher leads a bunch of students here to pray / leave...
John in front of one of the larger stupas. These entire...
The Ruwanwelisaya Stupa with the setting sun in Sri Lanka.
The Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura.
Cool painted elephant heads forming a perimeter around the stupa.
John looks around Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura. ...
This was a large stupa indeed, which cast a very large...
A smaller stupa next to Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura.
This was a great time of day for the light. ...
Beautiful carved bodhisattvas lining a shrine next to...
The whitewashed exterior and colorful doors and windows...
Elevated Buddha. Very convenient as you are never...
John asks some questions of our guide.
Some devotees traveling around the stupa clockwise.
A beautiful shrine capturing the late afternoon glow,...
A monk with a saffron parasol sits in meditation.
Lotus flowers left for the Buddha.
Beautiful afternoon light on Ruwanwelisaya stupa at Anuradhapura.
A school class sits and either prays or spaces out.
An older pious Buddhist Sri Lankan.
John walking around without shoes on in rural Sri Lanka....
Very pretty lamps set up around the pathways between the stupas.
The scale of this ancient city ruin / temple complex was...
Tons of cranes milling about for some reason.
Some Sri Lankan families out for a late afternoon stroll...
My guide tries to hurry us along as we have a lot more to see.
Can't remember the significance of these posts...
Women dressed in all white gather around the bodhi tree...
A monk leads two monks-in-training.
A guard in front of the bodhi tree, which apparently...
Still, the monks take good care of it, and have erected...
Afternoon sunlight through the leaves and branches of...
It's funny but it actually takes you a while to notice...
These gilded bamboo poles help keep the bodhi tree upright.
No, there wasn't a fire. Just the soot of countless...
School children filing out of the temple complex at Anuradhapura.
John at Anaranapura with one of the massive dagobas in...
Trevor at Anuradhapura with Ruwanwelisaya stupa in the...
John and Black Faced (and maybe a pink faced) monkeys in...
A face only a mother could love.
Ugly baby contests have nothing on ugly monkey baby contests.
Ruwanwelisaya stupa reflecting in a lily pond.
The drive back across Sri Lanka's interior featured...