バイブルロック

バイブル ロックは、スリランカ中部のケーガッラ地区にあるアラナヤケ近くの山です。表面が本や聖書に似ていることから「聖書岩」として知られています。その際立った平らな上面により、その北に位置するより有名なシギリヤ城塞に似ています。

有名な聖書の岩、バタレガラを珍しい角度から見る機会は、必ずしもあるとは限りません。通常、私たちはそれを遠くから見ます。キャンディ通りに沿ってカドゥガンナワ峠を上り下りする途中、遠くの山地平線にある、他の岩や山の上にそびえ立つ、陰気な四角い番兵です。それは海抜 818 フィートにそびえ立つその風景の際立った特徴であり、太古の昔から画家、詩人、写真家に挑戦を与えてきた楽しいランドマークと考えられています。

この岩がバイブルロックと名付けられたのはイギリス時代のことで、イギリス人が建設したキャンディロードから見ると、その姿が開いた本によく似ているためです。

私たちはマワネラから曲がり、風光明媚なハスガンポラ道路に沿って走行していました。最初、私たちはこの岩が何なのかよくわかりませんでした。時々迫ってきて周囲の飛行機を支配し続けていました。なぜなら私たちはその地域にはまったく縁がなく、一緒に別の魅力を追い求めていたからです。

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    Pidurutalagala 
  • Lipton’s Seat is a high observation point in the hills of Poonagala. Located on the top of the town’s namesake, Poonagala Hill, it is also near the Dambatenne Tea Factory. Lipton’s Seat is so named because the famed Scottish baron and tea planter Sir Thomas Lipton used it as the seat to survey his empire in a time long gone but not forgotten.

    Lipton's Seat 
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    Little Adam’s Peak 
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    Ritigala 
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    Ethagala (Elephnat Rock) 
  • Rumasalla Mountain. In the past, Rumassala was known as Buono Vista, a name that dates back to the colonial period, and most likely a corruption.

    Rumasalla Mountain 
  • Knuckles range also called Dumbara mountain range is located off Kandy, in the northern end of Central Highlands of Sri Lanka. To the south and east of the mountain range is Mahaweli river basin while to the west are Matale plains.

    Knuckles Range 
  • Alagalla Mountain Range. Alagalla Mountain Range or “Potato Range” is situated at the boundaries of the Central and Sabaragamuwa Provinces in Sri Lanka.

    Alagalla Mountain Range 
  • Bible Rock is a mountain near Aranayake in Kegalle District in central Sri Lanka. It is known as the “Bible Rock” as its surface resembles.

    Bible Rock 
  • Ura Kanda. Urakanda mountain range is situated in Kegalle District. A beautiful mountain with breath taking surroundings.

    Ura Kanda 
  • Monkey Mountain. The Gal Oya area is resplendent with forest and lush with vegetation. Totally off-the-beaten-track and off-limits during the war, the area has avoided much development and the landscape is mostly unspoiled.

    Monkey Mountain 
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    Yahangala