DISTRIKT : Sri Lankan little friends

Not a toxic snake, can bite, but rarely. Just don’t make him nervous, let it go through your fingers like a beautiful bracelet. 😉

Massive wood piece. Need a large condo to fit

Early morning. I think she was checking the surf 😉

coming for apéritif time on the terrace last evening. Notice Mrs Jones’s foot is 9 1/2

During monsoon period, snakes love to crawl amongst banana trees in the garden. You just have to be careful if you don’t want to meet a new friend like we did…

Dozens of little lullabies suicide landing in our washbasin in the evening monsoon light

This young elephant seems interested by 4WD, a different model than his 4LD, perfect to cross paddy fields ! 😉

Leeches are common in wet area. Those sweet vampires 😉 are attracted by movement and heat of their victim. When bitten, never unplug their jaws from your skin with brutality. Use one of your finger nail or flat object to remove it, slowly…

This young male peackok spent all morning running after two females, hiding in the bougainvillea. He finally gave up, offended and disenchanted…

This young fisherman only used a fishing line wrapped around his hand and a small hook. Throwing it from the shore into the beach break waves, he caught several size fishes with such basic hardware

Two days befor Poya day (full moon) festivities are being organized in villages for its important date and ceremony. Usually big elephants are employed for procession, but our village is tiny and not rich enough to pay for an old Master…

Monkeys often annoy villages, damaging roof tiles, trees branches, gardens flowers and devasting orchards. We chase them away with firecrackers, until their next come back…

Crows are everywhere there’s waste to be picked up. They shout like mads and can be harsh.

Some call them Pariah dogs but they are part of the street life here…

A bunch of friends from tropical Noë Arch settling in Sri Lanka Tamed and wild elephants Dimiya red ants (don’t sting, just bite hardly) Land monitor Thalagoya and Water monitor (much bigger) Kabaragoya Both coming from the past…

This litlle squirell is called Dandu Lena. Screaming like mad every morning one to each other, waking everyone up 😉