Sorabora Lake Boat Ride

The boats are the fishermen's own, roofed with cadjan against the sun. You push off from the stone bund, pass the rock sluice, and head for the far shore where the forest comes down to the water.

Cormorants dive beside you. Buffalo stand up to their necks in the shallows. If you go at dusk, the lake turns to brass and the hills behind Mahiyangana go violet. Bring nothing but a camera.