BROWN WOOD OWL EXPERIENCE.....

I went to Welimada and visited the Surrey Bird Sanctuary  on the last weekend in November 2015  which is home to  the Brown Wood Owl  . As confirmed by many birders , that more or less it is guaranteed that you can see them unlike  in other places, I too came across  these wonderful birds and was able to photograph all 4 birds at will. I also came across the endemic Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon.

Endemic Sri Lanka Wood Pigeon

Velvet Fronted Nuthatch

WATCHING THE INAUGURAL SINGAPORE FORMULA 1 RACE IN 2008

Been an avid fan of Formula 1 , I went to Singapore with two of my close friends to watch the inaugural race in 2008.

The pit area of the circuit is located in an empty plot of land off Republic Boulevard and beside the Singapore Flyer. A temporary track leads from the pit area and under the Benjamin Sheares Bridge to Republic Boulevard and turns onto Raffles Boulevard. It then proceeds along Nicoll Highway, Stamford Road and Saint Andrew's Road around the Padang, past the City Hall.

The track then goes onto the Anderson Bridge, past the Fullerton Hotel and make a tight left turn to Esplanade Drive beside the Merlion Park. It joins Raffles Avenue and cut right after the Esplanade to the front of The Float at Marina Bay and return to the pit area via another temporary road around the Singapore Flyer. The track layout is unique in that in between turns 18 and 19, the cars race underneath a section of grandstand of the Floating Platform.