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Journey photographs

  1. Terraced tea bushes sweeping down a green hillside towards a wooded ridge under a pale morning sky.

    Nuwara Eliya · Ceylon Serenity

    Bergentroll

    CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  2. Surf breaking over a dark rock shelf in the foreground, with a long palm-lined beach curving away beyond.

    Bentota · Ceylon Bliss

    Rambukwelladk

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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    public/photos/journeys/ceylon-bliss.webp

  3. Kandy Lake at sunset seen over a wave-crested white parapet wall, with temple roofs and trees on the far shore.

    Kandy · Ceylon Splendid Escape

    Thilina Alagiyawanna

    Pexels licence · Pexels · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  4. The Nine Arch Bridge curving across a jungle valley, its stone arches filled with dense green forest.

    Ella · Ceylon Misty

    Malik Cil

    Pexels licence · Pexels · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  5. Sigiriya rock rising above a lotus-covered tank, with birds on the water and a wide pale-blue sky.

    Sigiriya · Ceylon Highlights

    Stephanie Perera

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  6. Colombo's towers silhouetted against a burning orange dusk sky, reflected in the still water below.

    Colombo · Ceylon Experience

    Thilina Alagiyawanna

    CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  7. An empty sweep of pale sand and calm blue sea, with palms standing at the edge of the beach.

    Trincomalee · Ceylon Grand Escape

    Honeplus

    CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  8. Painted fishing boats mirrored in still, deep-blue water at dusk, their hulls striped green and orange.

    Jaffna · Ceylon Misty & Golden Beaches

    Namal Siriwardana

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  9. The Galle Fort ramparts running along the sea, with whitewashed houses and palms behind the old wall.

    Galle · Ceylon Ramayana Trail

    Thilina Alagiyawanna

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  10. Coconut palms casting long shadows across empty sand, with the sea just beyond the trees.

    Negombo · Ceylon Ramayana Journey

    Bilal Khalid

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  11. The Mahabodhi Temple's carved stone spire rising against a clear blue sky, brick courses filling the frame.

    Bodh Gaya · Buddha’s Spiritual Journey

    Sumita Roy Dutta

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  12. Longtail boats drawn up on a sandy beach below a limestone cliff on Thailand's Andaman coast.

    Railay, Thailand · Island Escape

    Ines Diaz Cervantes

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  13. Two dark limestone karst walls framing a lone junk on still, grey-green water in Ha Long Bay.

    Ha Long Bay · Grand Discovery

    Vyacheslav Argenberg

    CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  14. The tiered meru shrine of Ulun Danu Beratan on its lake island, with mist on the far shore.

    Ulun Danu Beratan, Bali · Grand Escape

    Lucas Tran

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  15. The Petronas Twin Towers rising from street level, framed by trees and low city buildings.

    Kuala Lumpur · The Essence of Malaysia

    Luiz M.

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Stop photographs

  1. The white Temple of the Tooth beside Kandy Lake, with wooded hills and a hilltop Buddha statue behind the town.

    Kandy · Kandy

    Thilina Alagiyawanna

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  2. Heavy mist lying over the Nuwara Eliya lakefront, with pale houses faintly visible across the still water.

    Nuwara Eliya · Nuwara Eliya

    Eslam Mohammed Abdelmaksoud

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  3. The Nine Arch Bridge curving away through dense forest, seen from the hillside above its stone piers.

    Ella · Ella

    Dr.S.Rajivraja

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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    public/photos/stops/ella.webp

  4. Surf breaking over dark rocks on Bentota beach, with coconut palms standing behind the pale sand.

    Bentota · Bentota

    BenjaminDev90

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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    public/photos/stops/bentota.webp

  5. Beira Lake at dusk, with swan pedal boats on the water and Colombo's lit skyline beneath a pink and orange sky.

    Colombo · Colombo

    Kapila Perera

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  6. Sigiriya rock lifting out of flat forest at dusk, photographed from the neighbouring outcrop of Pidurangala.

    Sigiriya · Sigiriya

    C.J.Hatton

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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    public/photos/stops/sigiriya.webp

  7. Fishing boats drawn up on the sand beneath a magenta-to-orange sunrise over the sea at Trincomalee.

    Trincomalee · Trincomalee

    THDBS

    CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  8. A blue outrigger canoe drawn up on Negombo beach, with fishermen working around its hull.

    Negombo · Negombo

    Rudolph A. Furtado

    CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons · retrieved 2026-11-10

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  9. Two stitched-sail fishing boats hauled onto the sand near Jaffna, their wide sails spread in the sun.

    Jaffna · Jaffna

    Amod S. Pallemulla

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    public/photos/stops/jaffna.webp

  10. The white Galle Fort lighthouse rising behind palms, with the old rampart wall below it.

    Galle · Galle

    Chandi Saha

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Destination photographs

  1. A huge, weathered tree leaning out over the still water of Tissamaharama's tank, with a green reed island and a wooded far shore.

    Tissamaharama · Yala & the Deep South

    Hiranya Pahasara

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