BiKe RiDe to Bopitiya/Uswetakeiyawa - Roadway

Sunday, the 14^th July 2013 was a wormy and bright day with good humidity. This made my ride less tired. The Roadway, I took to Bopitiya was not usual, which carried me through interior roads all the way. 

 I started bike ride at around 9. 30 a.m. in the morning, came to Ganemulla Railway Station and turned to the left. The road goes parallel to railway is quite calm, surrounding is also greenery with grown bushes and grasses. I passed Hemamali school and turned to a shortcut to 266 bus route.  

After few kilometers, I was on 266 bus route and then came up-to St. Mary’s Church-Niwandama. I turned to the right from Niwandama Intersection. This road goes to a large paddy area.

It’s exceptional and amazing, all what you can see is greenery. There is a water stream and small scale irrigation as well. This scenery relaxed me and I saw there are some like me feel the breath of freshness. I captured two people feed fish and enjoying their view.   

Then I got on to a very narrow foot path (Niyara) from the tar road, which carried me to a gravel road goes to Ekala Temple Road. This road is on the other side of the paddy field (Ekala Side). There you can see large trees besides the road, where I felt that I’m in some remote area. 

From there it was to left side on the Temple road to CTB Handiya. This area is very crowded due to quite number of factories. The CTB Handiya is on A33 road and from there turned to the left and headed to Ja-Ela town. By just passing Ja-Ela Fish Market right crossed the A3, Colombo-Negambo highway. Then it was again to an interior road which goes along with Ja-Ela canal.

This canal road ends by the Pamunuwa Bridge, from the bridge I turned to the left and headed towards Bopitiya town, where I passed Muthurajawela Marshes (this is one edge of the Muthurajawela Sanctuary). Once I reached to the Bopitiya town, it was to the left again to Bopitiya Parana Ambalama/Uswetakeiyawa area. By just passing Hamilton Canal I came to the old Colombo road, which goes along with the coastal line.

 

 

 

 I reached to the place with my buddy, it was a pretty good place with little huts on the beach, which is called “Sea beach”. That day see was rough and waives were strong. There were watakeiya bushes along the beach in this area. I got snapshots of sunlight trough long, narrow and razer shape leaves and unripe wetakeiya fruit, kakkuttas and wizard on the beach.

 

On this ride, I captured some of the eye-catching sceneries/places and uploaded here as well. Apart from the snaps enjoyed a delicious mix omlet at the “Sea Beach”.