Dambulla Cave Temple Sigiriya

Entry containing 12 photos titled: A rare chance to see Bernard in a skirt, King Cave, .

Lauren: Todays quest began with a long windy drive through rural Sri Lanka driven by our driver, Davitha had offered a deal the day before to take us by car to our 3 destinations and drive us back for 8000 Rs (around $80 Aus). Along the way we saw adorable little country houses all each painted a bright candy type colour with contrasting neon trims …

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 …

Today I will go to the Dambulla rock temple. It is just a short 20 minute ride from the hotel and I am taken there at 8:30 a.m. in style by the hotel van. Embarrassingly I had passed the temple on my transfer from Amaya Hills but had failed to notice the frickin' huge golden Buddha right next to the turn off to Amaya Lake.
Seriously, this …

... far away. We saw a dozen elephants, male and female peacocks, 2 chameleons, an eagle and blue king fishers.  And lastly Dambulla Cave temple which was another big hike up to a large rock with amazing views on the top and along the way. On the steps ...

Entry containing 12 photos titled: A rare chance to see Bernard in a skirt, King Cave, .