Sri Lanka

 About expedition

Date:

9th of November 2007 till 22nd of November 2007

Members:

Ivan Mackerle, Danny Mackerle, Walter Pavliš, František Topol

Local guide and driver: Kula (Nimal Kulatunga)

Route:

Arrival by plane from India to Colombo (Airport in Negombo), then by van to Candy, Mahiyangana, Kota Bakinaya (direction Dambana), Maha Oya, Batticaloa, Kalmunai, Arugam Bay, Panama, Kudimbigala, back to Arugam Bay, Pottuvil, Lahugala, Villeavaya, Ella, Bambarakanda Falls (water falls), Colombo

The Objectives:

1)      Nittaewo (wild man - hobit)

-         To visit natives Veda and obtain still unknown informations from them

-         To find the „nittaewo altar“ and make documentation of it

-         To find the cave, where nittaewos have been burnt to death, and look for their bones

-         To try photograph nittaewo

2)      Singing fishes of Batticaola

-         To gain last informations about this mystery

-         To record the sound of singing fishes on the tape recorder

-         To identify the source of mysterious sound by diver´s exploration under Kalady bridge