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TravelPod Member ReviewsCitadel of Sigiriya - Lion Rock
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Three Thousand Six Hundred
maryamosmond 1 contribution Yishun, Singapore Mar 23, 2012
That's the price of the admission ticket. I'm sure the best time is to be at the top during sunset, but we reached there about 11 am and it was scorching hot.
What 'wow'-ed me was the rock itself. It's just so pretty to look at. The views from the top was magnificent. It was a Friday morning, there was a group of school excursion.There was no refreshment shops at the top/on the way to the top, so be sure to take as plenty of water as possible. The souvenirs near the exit was worth looking at, because when you're away from tourist attractions it was hard to find souvenirs.This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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Awesome!!
swatitari 4 contributions Mumbai (Bombay), India Nov 24, 2009
A must visit and climb when visiting Srilanka. The view from atop the rock fortress is awesome!!
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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Sigiriya and the canine tour guides
After a human sardine experience on the bus we arrived at Sigiriya. Our room here looks out onto a lovely garden and has two resident dogs. They sat outside our room patiently when we arrived. Apparently they always accompany the tourists on their obligatory late afternoon walk to see Sigiriya Rock and the lake. We set off and up they hopped tails …
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Sigiriya - Dont touch any fly things
Sigiriya Rock, site of a Buddist Monastery from 300 BC and then King Kassapa 400 AD.The rock, a magma plug formed from an extinct volcano, rises up out of the fields like a mini Ayres Rock. One cave has the most beautiful frescoes of Tara, a Buddhist Goddess.
On the summit are the foundations of many buildings covering 1.6 Ha. The theory … -
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Climbing the Rock Fortress and Polonnaruwa
We decide to climb to the 'Lion Rock' Rock Fortress early, before the heat of the day was at its highest. It is an incredible rock standing proud from the surrounding countryside and can be seen for miles. It is in fact a hardened magma plug from a long since eroded volcano and rises to over 1, 200 feet. The fortress was built by King Kasyapa in …
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The Only Way Is Up
I seriously have no idea how to begin this blog. The memories i have in mind is beautiful... I just can't put it into words without seeming bland and tasteless. :( Let me try.
8.40 am: We were leaving Wadula Hotel. We had toasts-butter-jam-fruits-tea breakfast, included in the price of the hotel. Argh. Don't remind me about the hotel. I … -
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Dambulla
Started our week long trip to Srilanka with a very early morning flight from Mumbai and within 2 hrs landed on Colombo international airport. Me and mom first time w/o our respective husbands were quite looking forward to a memorable time together.
For Indians, there is visa on arrival and the visa officer was very welcoming (was very surprised … -
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The view, darlings, the even better view!
or The Tour, Part 3: Sigiriya
I kind of don't want to go on my excursion today, feeling out of sorts and grumpy for no reason. But at 8:30 a.m I am taken on the 45 minute drive to Sigiriya rock palace.
The reddish rock on which the palace was build is the only break in the low slung country, a 200 m high break mind you.
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Citadel in the Sky
... However, before heading back to Colombo, and with the weather set fair, I was at last able to take in the spectacular citadel of Sigiriya - rising sheer and impregnable out of the denuded plains of the dry zone, sitting atop a huge outcrop of gneiss rock ...
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