Yala National Park

Winding our way down the mountains of the tea country we drove past rolling verdent green tea covered hills and spilling water falls till again the flat rice fields filled our windows. And again the heat and humidity rejoined us. 

Arriving at Yala National Park we swaped our van for a jeep and hit the bumpy road.  Hot and dusty the safari proved to be a winner. Traversing the park we saw elephants, bathing mongoose, crocodile, emerald bee eaters, wild boar, pea cocks dancing, toucans, buffalo and deer to name a few. 

The national park touches a bouldered Coast line where 47 jeeps were taken into the ocean killing their occupants during the tsunami. The flatness of the land here makes the the scene chilling as we imagine the wave rushing in, indiscriminate  water carrying away  path.