Sri Lanka - Animals

India's Teardrop! We have just completed a two-week, 1,400 km journey around central Sri Lanka (see map), which was part history and culture (see separate album) and part wildlife - I have split the latter into two albums, Animals and Birds. We visited the main historic sites as well as several national parks - Wilpattu, Hurulu and Sinharaja*. We finished our trip with a few days by the beach at Mirissa, including a day spent looking for whales but only spotting dolphins. The elusive leopard eluded us too, but we saw many other animals, from tiny, colourful lizards to immense and majestic elephants. What a beautiful and welcoming country! (* = UNESCO World Heritage Site)