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Sri Lanka Air Force Museum
Air Force Museum is situated in Ratmalana, it is co-located with Colombo Airport Ratmalana which is used mainly for domestic flights. This is the only national museum dedicated entirely to aviation and the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force.
A visit to this establishment would be a unique experience for enthusiast of aviation of all ages. The museum offers an insight not only into the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force but also a comprehensive picture of aviation in general.
The museum is now open from 0900 am onwards for the general public after the modernizing except Sunday & Monday.
main hangar you can see 12 aircraft. out of that 5 aircraft (2 SF 260 TP, 2 Chipmunk, one Tiger Moth) are in air worty condition. further you can see historically valued aircraft such as Dragon fly, Pioneer, Pazmany, Dacota, Balliol,Bell 47G
A visit to this establishment would be a unique experience for enthusiast of aviation of all ages. The museum offers an insight not only into the history of the Sri Lanka Air Force but also a comprehensive picture of aviation in general.
The museum is now open from 0900 am onwards for the general public after the modernizing except Sunday & Monday.
main hangar you can see 12 aircraft. out of that 5 aircraft (2 SF 260 TP, 2 Chipmunk, one Tiger Moth) are in air worty condition. further you can see historically valued aircraft such as Dragon fly, Pioneer, Pazmany, Dacota, Balliol,Bell 47G
Photo Gallary-History of the Air ForceMini theater
Lecture hall to fcilitate the aviation related lectures and museum itself conduct lectures for vistors
No 2 hangar
history of the equipment, clothing , glass and cockery items used by the AF.
history of the equipment, clothing , glass and cockery items used by the AF.
Vehicle hangar
Old type of vehicles
Flight simulator
Visitors are given opertunity of experiencing the take off and landing of aircraft.
.available cafeteria and milk bar
.Generator house
.vehicle park availble inside the museum
c.lrifications and bookings
pls go to http://www.airforce.lk/
Garden
display nearly 30 types of aircraft and availble children park
Old type of vehicles
Flight simulator
Visitors are given opertunity of experiencing the take off and landing of aircraft.
.available cafeteria and milk bar
.Generator house
.vehicle park availble inside the museum
c.lrifications and bookings
pls go to http://www.airforce.lk/
Garden
display nearly 30 types of aircraft and availble children park
View Ratmalana Airport in a larger map
KATARAGAMA SEASONAL SUPPLIMENT -kataragama athramaga- කතරගම අතරමග
KATARAGAMA SEASONAL SUPPLIMENT
There are two pathways to reach Kataragama during this festive season.
The very first comfortable pathways is when you travel though the Country side;From Colombo –drive through to Ratnapura and then reach Kataragama.
Secondly via the beach side; travel through the seaside from
Colombo - Galle- Matara and then easily reach Kataragama
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There are two pathways to reach Kataragama during this festive season.
The very first comfortable pathways is when you travel though the Country side;From Colombo –drive through to Ratnapura and then reach Kataragama.
Secondly via the beach side; travel through the seaside from
Colombo - Galle- Matara and then easily reach Kataragama
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Elephas maximus maximus
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Sri Lankan Elephant
Common Name: Sri Lankan elephant -ALIYA(sinhala)
Scientific Name: Elephas maximus maximus
Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Location: Southwestern Sri Lanka
Elephants hold aesthetic, cultural and economic importance in Sri Lanka. They are used for carrying timber and have a special significance and role in religious events. Many local and international tourists visit the county’s national parks to observe elephants in the wild, thus boosting Sri Lanka’s economy through tourism. Elephants can be observed in protected areas such as Yala, Wasgomuva, Udawalawe, Minneriva and Kaudulla.
However, the subspecies continues to be threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and the conflict between government troops and the Tamil Tigers in the northeastern region of the country.
More on the Ecology of the Sri Lankan Elephant
Physical Description
The Sri Lankan species is the largest of the Asian elephant genus, and has patches with no skin color on its ears, face, trunk and belly. This is the darkest of all Asian elephants.
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Sri Lankan Elephant
Common Name: Sri Lankan elephant -ALIYA(sinhala)
Scientific Name: Elephas maximus maximus
Habitat: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Location: Southwestern Sri Lanka
Elephants hold aesthetic, cultural and economic importance in Sri Lanka. They are used for carrying timber and have a special significance and role in religious events. Many local and international tourists visit the county’s national parks to observe elephants in the wild, thus boosting Sri Lanka’s economy through tourism. Elephants can be observed in protected areas such as Yala, Wasgomuva, Udawalawe, Minneriva and Kaudulla.
However, the subspecies continues to be threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and the conflict between government troops and the Tamil Tigers in the northeastern region of the country.
More on the Ecology of the Sri Lankan Elephant
Physical Description
The Sri Lankan species is the largest of the Asian elephant genus, and has patches with no skin color on its ears, face, trunk and belly. This is the darkest of all Asian elephants.
Night Camping in The Jungle
Night camping in woods is a great experience, which should be experienced by any nature lover at least once in life. This experience is possible to be had here in Sri Lanka too. In any National park in Sri Lanka you can have this experience which mesmerizes you to the utmost.
We had our night camping experience at Elephant pass camping site at Udawalawe National park. This is situated 20km away from the main gate of the National park. It is a gorgeous place near the Walawe stream. This becomes an even more significant experience as we were able to travel in a Caravan prior to reaching our camping site.
Anyone who knows something about nature must understand that woods are far more beautiful at night, than it is during the day time. Simultaneously it is the time, during which you might get mesmerized by the tranquility of woods. A night under a tent in woods gives you a thousand of feelings and experiences other than mere enjoyment. Spending a night at a bungalow in a National park even cannot be compared to this experience.
Apart from Elephant pass camping site in Udawalawe National park, there are two others too (one of them is named as French Edge). Night camping at a camping site after travelling in a Caravan also is a new experience to Sri Lankans. -Dilan Dharshana-
If you intends to have it contact Rohan – 0773059295 (Yala Edge Caravans)
First caravan trip ever in Sri Lanka.ලංකාවේ ප්රථම කැරවැන් චාරිකාව
First caravan trip ever in Sri Lanka.
Yes for the first time in Sri Lanka Yala Edge has introduced a caravan concept for ever in Sri Lanka. This is called “thawalama” in Sinhala. The sanchare team was being given an exclusive change to facilitate in the caravan trip from Colombo – Udawalawe.
Great! It is like a walking house. This has various facilities including cooking, sanitary services, bed room services.
This caravan concept was initially launched to transport animals from one place to another and then used to transport battle for war related matters.
Now even Sri Lankan’s can enjoy a caravan trip from Colombo to Udawalawe destination just paying Rs. 28,000.00 for 10 pax. For further details call on 077-2990299
ලංකාවේ ප්රථම කැරවැන් චාරිකාව
අසිරිය නිම් නැති මේ පුංචි කොදෙව්වේ සංචාරය පිළිබඳව අලුත් අදහස් පොපියන මොහොතක කැරවෑන් චාරිකා සංවිධානය ව්යාපාරයක් ලෙස අරඹමින් දියත් කළ පළමු චාරිකාවම නෙත් සංචාරය කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් සංවිධාන වීම අප ලද මහත් භාග්යකි.
කැරවෑන් යනු සිංහල අර්ථයෙන් ‘‘තවලම’’ වුවත් වර්ථමාන කැරවෑන් රථයක් යනු තරු පහේ හෝටලයක පිහිටි සුඛෝපබෝගි කාමරයක් මහමග ඇදගෙන යෑම වැනිය. කැරවෑනයක් තුළ සුව පහසු ඇදක් ද වැසිකිලියක් සහ නාන කාමරයක් ද පුංචි මුල්තැන් ගෙයක් ද ශීතකරනයක් ද හෝටල් කාමරයක් තුළ තිබිය යුතු බොහෝ අංගයන් ද ඇත විශේෂත්ව වන්නේ මහ මග ගමන් කරමින් ම මේ සියලු පහසුකම් නොඅඩුව බුක්තිවිඳිය හැකි වීමයි. අපව රැුගෙන ගිය ශ්ක් ෑාටැ කැරවෑන් රථයේ ම ගොස් උඩවලව වන උද්යානයේ් වලවේ නදීය අසල සොªරු තුරු ගොමුවක රාත්රියක් ගත කර සියලු රසමසවුලු සමග 10 ක කණ්ඩායමකට වැයවන්නේ රුපියල් 28000 පමණි ලංකාවේ ඔිනෑම තැනකට සංචාරේ යාහැකි කැරවෑන් චාරිකා සඳහා අමතන්න 077-2990299
The Bodhi-සුභ වෙසඟක් වේවා
YOU CAN LISTEN MAHA BO WANNAMA
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The Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa) or Bo-Tree is a species of banyan fig native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, southwest China and Indochina east to Vietnam. It is known by a wide range of local names, such as Bo or pou , bawdi or bawdi nyaung in Burmese, Bodhi (in Thai, though pronounced Po), Pipal (peepal, peepul, pippala, pimpal, etc.), arasa maram or Ashvastha tree. It is a large dry season-deciduous or semi-evergreen tree up to 30 m tall and with a trunk diameter of up to 3 m.
The leaves are cordate in shape with a distinctive extended tip; they are 10-17cm long and 8-12cm broad, with a 6-10cm petiole. The fruit is a small fig 1-1.5cm diameter, green ripening purple.
The Bodhi tree and the Sri Maha Bodhi propagated from it are famous specimens of Sacred Fig. The known planting date of the latter, 288 BC, gives it the oldest verified age for any angiosperm plant.
This plant is considered sacred by the followers of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, and hence the name 'Sacred Fig' was given to it. Siddhartha Gautama is referred to have been sitting underneath a Bo-Tree when he was enlightened (Bodhi), or "awakened" (Buddha). Thus, the Bo-Tree is well-known symbol for happiness, prosperity, longevity and good luck. Today in India, Hindu Sadhus still meditate below this tree, and in Theravada Buddhist Southeast Asia, the tree's massive trunk is often the site of Buddhist and animist shrines
wwf-Water is too precious to be wastesd
Have you ever thought of anything that we must preserve in a way that a mother protects her child. May be not. But there is one thing that should be preserved in such a way. That is water.
According to scientific revelations life on earth was begun and it is survived due to water. At the very first moment the water completely evaporates from the earth that will be the beginning of end of all the living beings on earth including human kind. That is why it is important to preserve water from wastage.
According to recent researches the fresh water resources that remain on earth are not adequate for the usage of living beings. In accordance with, 97% of the water on the earth is unusable sea water. 2% of the 3% left are there as ice bergs in northern and southern poles. Therefore the usable fresh water on the earth is less than 1 %( 0.3%).
The trouble of not having sufficient fresh water resources have worsened as the remaining sources have not spreaded throughout the world equally. According to expertise a third world war may occur due to the particular matter. In the recent past there have been a few occasions in which people have struggled over the usage of fresh water. That's why it is said the value of water has arisen immensely over the value of crude oil.
The pollution of fresh water resources has worsened the trouble even more.
On 22nd of April we celebrated the World Earth Day. To protect the human kind as well as the life on earth it is important to preserve water on it
According to scientific revelations life on earth was begun and it is survived due to water. At the very first moment the water completely evaporates from the earth that will be the beginning of end of all the living beings on earth including human kind. That is why it is important to preserve water from wastage.
According to recent researches the fresh water resources that remain on earth are not adequate for the usage of living beings. In accordance with, 97% of the water on the earth is unusable sea water. 2% of the 3% left are there as ice bergs in northern and southern poles. Therefore the usable fresh water on the earth is less than 1 %( 0.3%).
The trouble of not having sufficient fresh water resources have worsened as the remaining sources have not spreaded throughout the world equally. According to expertise a third world war may occur due to the particular matter. In the recent past there have been a few occasions in which people have struggled over the usage of fresh water. That's why it is said the value of water has arisen immensely over the value of crude oil.
The pollution of fresh water resources has worsened the trouble even more.
On 22nd of April we celebrated the World Earth Day. To protect the human kind as well as the life on earth it is important to preserve water on it
Visiting relatives-නැති නෑදෑකමුත් හොයා ගෙන සංචාරේ යන්න.
The first “travels” of our ancient Sinhalese were to go to visit relatives. They enjoyed a lot by these wonderful travels. They renewed, re-energized, strengthened and warmed up bonds of love among relatives.
So, during this Avurudu festive season, visiting relatives’ houses is the best of any travel.
Enjoy it!
නැති නෑදෑකමුත් හොයා ගෙන සංචාරේ යන්න.
අපේ රටේ වගේම ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල්වල සංචාරයේ මූලාරම්භය තමයි නෑගම් යාම.අපිට සිංහල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද තරම් නෑගම් යන්න හේතුවන තවත් කාරණයක් තියෙනවද ?ඉතිං මේ අවුරුද්දේ කොහේ යන්නත් කලින් නැති නෑදෑකමුත් හොයා ගෙන හිතවත්කම් පෝසත් කරගන්න අලුත් නෑයෙක්ගෙ ගෙදෙට්ට සංචාරේ යන්න. ‘නෙත් ඇත්තෝත්’ අලුත් අවුරුද්දට වන්නියේ නෑදෑවරුන් සොයා ගෙන කී්රඩා භාණ්ඩත් පොදි ගහගෙන වවුනියාවට යනවා.
So, during this Avurudu festive season, visiting relatives’ houses is the best of any travel.
Enjoy it!
නැති නෑදෑකමුත් හොයා ගෙන සංචාරේ යන්න.
අපේ රටේ වගේම ලෝකයේ බොහෝ රටවල්වල සංචාරයේ මූලාරම්භය තමයි නෑගම් යාම.අපිට සිංහල අලුත් අවුරුද්ද තරම් නෑගම් යන්න හේතුවන තවත් කාරණයක් තියෙනවද ?ඉතිං මේ අවුරුද්දේ කොහේ යන්නත් කලින් නැති නෑදෑකමුත් හොයා ගෙන හිතවත්කම් පෝසත් කරගන්න අලුත් නෑයෙක්ගෙ ගෙදෙට්ට සංචාරේ යන්න. ‘නෙත් ඇත්තෝත්’ අලුත් අවුරුද්දට වන්නියේ නෑදෑවරුන් සොයා ගෙන කී්රඩා භාණ්ඩත් පොදි ගහගෙන වවුනියාවට යනවා.
Travel Filme
Tropical Ceylon 1932
Tropical Ceylon 1932
Produced and Narrated by James Sfitzpatrick
A tour of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)in 1932. Map of Indian Ocean, tropical road with wagon, coconut palm trees, coconuts being processed, man sorting coconut shells, houses made of coconut palms, roof being thatched, native house, woman buying a broom, woman holding child, baby crying and crawling, children boys playing wearing loin cloths, man showing long hairdo, water buffalo pulling art, washing water buffalo in river, baby elephant rubbing tree, boy riding baby elephant, large elephant dragging ...
Tropical Ceylon 1932
Produced and Narrated by James Sfitzpatrick
A tour of Ceylon (Sri Lanka)in 1932. Map of Indian Ocean, tropical road with wagon, coconut palm trees, coconuts being processed, man sorting coconut shells, houses made of coconut palms, roof being thatched, native house, woman buying a broom, woman holding child, baby crying and crawling, children boys playing wearing loin cloths, man showing long hairdo, water buffalo pulling art, washing water buffalo in river, baby elephant rubbing tree, boy riding baby elephant, large elephant dragging ...
Planetarium sri lanka
Our Planetarium exhibiting the grandeur of the Universe
interior bent pillars and rising upward nearly 100 feet from the ground resembles a bloomed flower of a unique formation. Planetarium is located at the Stanley Wijesundara Mawatha,
1. A journey through the Solar System 2. Space journey to other planets. 3. Zodiacal constellations 4. Comets, asteroids and artificial satellites 5. Earth’s moon and its influence 6. Star Constellations 7. The seasons of the earth 8. Various types of earth movement 9. How the planets are assigned to Zodiacal sign 10. New findings of astronomy. The Planetarium is closed on Sundays, Mondays & on public holidays. Week days (Mon- Fri) shows are mainly for school students according to their school curriculums and public can visit on Saturdays.An advanced booking (one month) is essential for the planetarium shows. Minimum number of spectators is 50 for each show. If the spectators are below 50 available shows is only on Saturday at
Katharagama
KATARAGAMA SEASONAL SUPPLIMENT
There are two pathways to reach Kataragama during this festive season.
The very first comfortable pathways is when you travel though the Country side;From Colombo –drive through to Ratnapura and then reach Kataragama.
Secondly via the beach side; travel through the seaside from
Colombo - Galle- Matara and then easily reach Kataragama
The undermentioned maps clearly shows the pathways, however if you are interested to visit any other destinations passing away, you could easily 'click' on the blue place mark in the map (BLUE BUTTON) where you could easily reach of the details of the destination.
Good luck for a safe journey to Kataragama
"kanda suridu pihitay"
කතරගම වන්දනා සමය සඳහා කතරගම බලා යන සංචාරකයින්ගේ පහසුව වෙනුවෙන් නෙත් එෆ්.එම්. සංචාරය වෙබ් අඩවිය මෙසේ ඔබ වෙත මග කියන්නෙමු. පහත දැක්වෙන සිතියම් දෙක ඔස්සේ කතරගම බලා යන ඔබට අතර මග ඇති සුවිශේෂි සථාන නැරඹීමට අවස්ථාව සැලසෙනු ඇත. සාමාන්යයෙන් කොළඹ සිට කතරගම යන මාර්ග දෙකක් ඇත. පළමු වන මාර්ගය රට තුළින් වැටී ඇති අතර එය කොළඹ, අවිස්සාවේල්ල, රත්නපුර හරහා කතරගම දක්වා දිවෙයි.
අනෙක් මග මුහුදුබඩ මාර්ගය වන අතර එය ගාල්ල, මාතර, හම්බන්තොට ඔස්සේ කතරගමට ළඟාවිය හැකිය. මේ මාර්ගවලින් කොයි මාර්ගයේ ගියත් ඔබට බලාගත හැකි තැන් රාශියකි. පහත සිතියම්වල නිල් පාට රේඛාවෙන් දක්වා ඇත්තේ එම මාර්ගයන්ය. එමෙන්ම එම සිතියම්වල නිල් පාට බෙත්තම් Click කිරීමෙන් අදාළ සුවිශේෂී ස්ථාන පිළිබඳව තොරතුරු ඔබට ලබාගත හැක.
සුබ ගමන්.
කඳසුරිඳු පිහිටයි.
-MAP 01-
Colombo -Rathanapura -katharagama
View Colombo-Rathnapora -kathara in a larger map
-MAP 02 -
Colombo-Matara -Katharagama
View Colombo -Galle- Matara-Katharagama in a larger map
There are two pathways to reach Kataragama during this festive season.
The very first comfortable pathways is when you travel though the Country side;From Colombo –drive through to Ratnapura and then reach Kataragama.
Secondly via the beach side; travel through the seaside from
Colombo - Galle- Matara and then easily reach Kataragama
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Good luck for a safe journey to Kataragama
"kanda suridu pihitay"
කතරගම වන්දනා සමය සඳහා කතරගම බලා යන සංචාරකයින්ගේ පහසුව වෙනුවෙන් නෙත් එෆ්.එම්. සංචාරය වෙබ් අඩවිය මෙසේ ඔබ වෙත මග කියන්නෙමු. පහත දැක්වෙන සිතියම් දෙක ඔස්සේ කතරගම බලා යන ඔබට අතර මග ඇති සුවිශේෂි සථාන නැරඹීමට අවස්ථාව සැලසෙනු ඇත. සාමාන්යයෙන් කොළඹ සිට කතරගම යන මාර්ග දෙකක් ඇත. පළමු වන මාර්ගය රට තුළින් වැටී ඇති අතර එය කොළඹ, අවිස්සාවේල්ල, රත්නපුර හරහා කතරගම දක්වා දිවෙයි.
අනෙක් මග මුහුදුබඩ මාර්ගය වන අතර එය ගාල්ල, මාතර, හම්බන්තොට ඔස්සේ කතරගමට ළඟාවිය හැකිය. මේ මාර්ගවලින් කොයි මාර්ගයේ ගියත් ඔබට බලාගත හැකි තැන් රාශියකි. පහත සිතියම්වල නිල් පාට රේඛාවෙන් දක්වා ඇත්තේ එම මාර්ගයන්ය. එමෙන්ම එම සිතියම්වල නිල් පාට බෙත්තම් Click කිරීමෙන් අදාළ සුවිශේෂී ස්ථාන පිළිබඳව තොරතුරු ඔබට ලබාගත හැක.
සුබ ගමන්.
කඳසුරිඳු පිහිටයි.
-MAP 01-
Colombo -Rathanapura -katharagama
View Colombo-Rathnapora -kathara in a larger map
-MAP 02 -
Colombo-Matara -Katharagama
View Colombo -Galle- Matara-Katharagama in a larger map
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