Anuradhapura

Lookout for crocodiles	Isurumuniya Vihara (rock temple from the reign of Devanampiya Tissa r 307 - 267BCE)	Amazing carvings	Central temple
Central Temple	Central Temple	Central Temple	Central Temple
Central Temple	Central Temple	Bats hanging in the rocks	We head around the back to the rock summit
Rock summit	Bell-shaped stupa	Amazing carving...	...including a horse
Carvings of elephants...	...playfully splashing water	Elephant having fun	Detailed carving
Carving	Carving	Carvings	Sadahiru Seya
Royal Pleasure Gardens - intricate ponds	Royal Pleasure Gardens	Royal Pleasure Gardens	Great carvings...
...of elephants	Pete explores a ruin	It's hot and humid - we stop for a fresh orange juice	Mirisavatiya Dagoba
Mirisavatiya Dagoba	Mirisavatiya Dagoba	Old jail	Sri Maha Bodhi - sacred tree, tended for over 2,000 years
Sri Maha Bodhi site - carving	Sri Maha Bodhi site - building around the tree	Love this elephant	Crocodile
Intricate carving	Jetavanarama Museum - Queen Mahamaya 1st - 3rd century CE	Salabhanjika Figure 2nd - 4th century CE	Frieze 4th century CE
Guardstone 8th - 10th century CE	Urinal stone and an upper stone 7th - 8th century CE	Urinal stone	Standing Buddha Image 8th - 9th century CE
Buddha Feet 3rd - 4th century CE	A Nagini (Snake-Goddess) Image 4th century CE	Carving Panel 8th - 9th century CE	Two Ardha-narisvara Images 3rd - 9th century CE
Siva, Parvati and Nandi 3rd - 9th century CE	Crystal Reliquaries 3rd - 9th century CE	Finials of Reliquary Caskets 3rd - 9th century CE	Tiny gold vessel
8mm long gold decoration featuring 14 flowers	Ancient pots buried under the urinals full of charcoal and pebbles, to filter the urine	Vase 3rd - 9th century CE	Small Receptacle 3rd - 9th century CE
Jetavanarama Monastery	Jetavanarama Dagoba	We walk through the monastery ruins	Spotting this large lizard
He's looking for food	Jetavanarama Dagoba - built 3rd century CE	It used to top 120m, now it's still an impressive 70m	Gate Pavilion
Shila Stupa	Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba	Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba	Guarded by a wall with a frieze of...
...344 elephants	Ruvanvelisaya Dagoba	Abhayagiri Museum - Nagaraja Guardstone 6th - 8th century CE	Guardstone
Sacred Foot Print 3rd century BCE - 1st century CE	Part of an Altar Pillar 1st - 2nd century CE	Buddha Image in the Samadhi Posture 4th - 6th century CE	Abhayagiri Dagoba - built 1st century BCE
Samadhi Buddha Statue - 4th century CE	Samadhi Buddha Statue	Prayer flags	Monkeys playing in a big puddle
Kuttam Pokuna - Twin Ponds	Twin Ponds	Twin Ponds	Five headed cobra guardstone