![Bird in Yala Park, Sri Lanka](https://thiswaytoparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/IMG_4914-470x140.jpg)
Sometimes I think that there are no better teachers in life than animals. If we spend the time to really watch them, we can learn…
![Flower in Victoria Garden, Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka](https://thiswaytoparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/IMG_5574-470x140.jpg)
Ella, Sri Lanka was one of those places that you see a beautiful picture of, and so you decide to go. The problem is once…
![Elephant in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka](https://thiswaytoparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_5153-470x140.jpg)
Udawalawe National Park was amazing because of the number of elephants that I saw. I got to see many elephant families which had me totally…
![Elephant Family at Yala Park](https://thiswaytoparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_5057-470x140.jpg)
Yala National Park was my favorite part of Sri Lanka. Getting to see leopards, elephants, water buffalo, monkeys, and peacocks all in the same day…
![Mirissa Beach coconut](https://thiswaytoparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_4774-470x140.jpg)
While I didn’t find Mirissa Beach to be the most beautiful beach I’ve ever visited, I did enjoy seeing the blue whales there. The early…