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Gallery: a February selection (2026)

February 28, 2026 / 68 Comments

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

I may not live in a village but I still feel the need to seek adventures abroad, especially in the tail-end of winter. So for most of February I have been in Sri Lanka, enjoying a mix of wildlife, culture and a bit of relaxation.

This therefore will be a rather different monthly round-up from usual. I am still working through the hundreds of photos I took each day! So my slideshow consists of a handful of shots pulled out of the pile and chosen to reflect the variety of places we went and sights we saw.

For interest/information, here is our rough itinerary:

Negombo (hotel near the airport for our first night)

The Mudhouse (a very unique eco-lodge which I’ll post about in more length soon)

Wilpattu National Park (wonderful wildlife sightings, especially birds, and a glimpse of a leopard)

Jaffna (former Tamil Tigers stronghold and still ethnically very different from the rest of the country)

Cultural Triangle area (Sigiriya, aka Lion Rock, and other ruins and temples)

Gal Oya National Park (beautiful landscapes and elephants)

Kandy (Temple of the Tooth)

Galle Fort (lovely colonial architecture)

Cape Weligama (a touch of luxury for coastal relaxation)

You will see more than enough of all those places over the next few months but for now, as I said, here is just a small taste.

Technical notes

All these shots were taken with my Panasonic Lumix bridge camera, my preferred choice when travelling. Unusually for me, they were all edited with software on my tablet while travelling; most with the standard gallery editing options and a few further edited with an app called Lumii. Some have been further tweaked in Photoshop Elements. And they may well appear again, differently edited (or the same!), in future posts about the trip.

As always, I am linking my selection to Ju-Lyn’s and Brian’s Changing Seasons challenge. And I’m also linking to Natalie’s new Monthly Wrap-up. Please use the arrows to navigate the slideshow if you want to see all the images.

My feature photo is of sunrise at the Mudhouse



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