Near Kalmunai. The lakes were created by the massive deluge of water left by the tsunami.

Hikkaduwa. After watching the surfers from Ranjith's Beach Hut, the sun heads to bed.

The Dutch clocktower in Galle Fort

Near Beira Lake, Colombo

Buddhas sit in a row, Colombo

A solid gold, diamond-encrusted Buddha in a Colombo temple

A complete 360-degree view from atop Sigiriya

The Buddha

A Colombo stall with camera-shy owners

Sigiriya - a fifth century playboy penthouse and rock fortress. Pretty much like my house in Sheen, but perhaps a little bit more airy.

Sigiriya girlies

Sky and bridge and stuff

Pollonaruwa moonstone

South coast

Dambulla

Dambulla

Dambulla

A Dambulla cave ceiling

Burnin' rubber in a funkadelic rudeboy rickshaw in Matara

Same funkafied rickshaw

Inside the Dambulla caves

View from Dambulla

Pollonaruwa

Posing in Matara

Bizarrely, this was inside a monastery

Galle Fort

Pollonaruwa

A very funky Bollywoodified auto - check out the soundsystem! Although we couldn't hear any tunes as the setup got tsunamied.

The centre of Sri Lanka

Kandy

Kandy

Kandy

Kandy

Dambulla

In the esteemed words of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon: