Girl doing her washing in the Hingurankgoda Canal

The drive from Minneriya to Hingurakgoda is very pleasant. I was going to see an ancient Watadage (circular temple) complex in 1998. The road was narrow with little traffic, bordered by a canal, little houses and a lot of greenery, warm rays of the evening sun falling on leaves and bathers. This schoolgirl was doing her washing and I took her picture. She'd be quite grown up today, I wonder what she's doing now, what kind of job, and whether she still does her washing at the same place.

Camera Canon FTb, 35-200 zoom, fujicolour negative film.