Buduruwagala Lake

When you go further into the interior of the country from Matara, I recommend that you stop to see the ruins and the Buddhas of Buduruwagala. The tuk tuk that will take you from the main road (it´s 4 kilometers, and the heat is terrible so I don´t recommend walking unless you have water and sunscreen) provides a stop at the "lake" of Buduruwagala. Before, it was a large deep lake that the monks from the temple used for drinking and bathing. Now you can see how much drier it has become. While the interior of the country looks pretty green, there are some areas suffering from severe drought, as in this place.