Scenes at the 'Cinnamon Lodge', Habarana - 3/7/2010

A 'wattle and daub' - 'Varichchi' - hut in the premises.

Grand-children at play in the 'baby-pool'.

The tranquility of the 'Cinnamon Lodge'.

Water lilies on the lake bordering the 'Cinnamon Lodge'.

An outrigger canoe on the lake bordering the 'Cinnamnon Lodge'.

Bird-life at the 'Cinnamon Lodge', Habarana.

A 'Great Cormorant" drying its wings and cooling its body by spreading it's wings.

A pair of 'Purple swamp-hens' in the marshy land adjoining the lake.

Surrealist view across the swimming pool.

This was a timed exposure from my Fuji Finepix S 1500. The view was from the dining room of The Cinnamon Lodge.

'The Cinnamon Lodge', Habarana, Sri Lanka.

The village type houses and the eco-friendly setting at 'The Cinnamon Lodge'

The large swimming pool and the grand-children at play in the 'baby-pool'.

The arrival - Habarana, 2nd July 2010.

The arrival of the two buses from Colombo and the rush for registration in the foyer of 'The Cinnamon Lodge' are seen in these two photographs.