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Final comments and travel tips on Sri Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Final comments and travel tips on Sri Lanka

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... ! English is spoken by nearly everyone who deals with the public. Most signs are written in English, Sinhala, and Tamil. Sri Lanka has some great accommodations at all price levels. There are swank boutique hotels with rooms for hundreds of ...

Sweet time in Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Sweet time in Kandy

A travel blog entry by globedecker

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... , beautiful temples, and amazing dance performances we took in during our time here. We are coming back to Kandy to spend our final night in Sri Lanka after we spend a few days visiting the ancient sites to the north. She Said: The driving here is ...

Randy Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Randy Kandy

A travel blog entry by escapetherace

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... -packed nights in Kitulgala, our rucsacs were packed yet again for the two hour drive to the centre-most point on the island, Kandy, Sri Lanka's 2nd city. On the way we would be stopping for a couple of hours at, arguably, the most visited tourist-trap in ...

Negombo and Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Negombo and Kandy

A travel blog entry by lizandsteve

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... curries, saw an enormous monitor lizard in the lake and met lots of interesting people. Overall, we're really impressed with Sri Lanka so far - it's a really beautiful, easygoing place and not really touristy compared to other places in Asia. The ...

Kid in a Kandy shop, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kid in a Kandy shop

A travel blog entry by dazzla

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... an All Access pass at a baseball 'All-Star' game (providing you like baseball, of course). Absolutely fantastic. Wednesday December 10th Sri Lanka vs England, Second Test, Day One Got to the ground in plenty of time to get a ticket. I decided that ...

not so sweet Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

not so sweet Kandy

A travel blog entry by roseyben

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... as we were told we had him at our service till 5pm. He says he will drop us where ever we want, cheers for that! Kandy is not the vibrant city we expected it to be, probably because of this Buddhist festival which is now in full swing and most things ...

In the jungle, the Kandy jungle, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

In the jungle, the Kandy jungle

A travel blog entry by dazzla

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(following on the title) there's Lion beer tonight (a win away)! Friday December 12th Sri Lanka vs England, Second Test, Day 3 Much of the same today (ie sitting in the sun, drinking beer and singing). The Asgiriya Cricket Stadium in Kandy is ...

Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kandy

A travel blog entry by rbisset

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... boarded a local bus, for one tenth of the price we paid for the taxi, bound for Kandy.   My first impressions of local transport in Sri Lanka were similar to Central America, cramped and crowded. Leg room was non-existent, especially with ...

Monsters in the Lake!!!, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Monsters in the Lake!!!

A travel blog entry by hodge

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... ...only to be confronted with a monster...well sort of!!! I didn't think you could get these things outside Indonesia, but in Lanka there have big f##k off monitor lizards. I thought I had come across a croc at first...these things are huge...like ...

Kandy in the heart of Sri Lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kandy in the heart of Sri Lanka

A travel blog entry by alinmattrtw2005

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... train station we purchased our tickets to Kandy, we had decided the night before that if we went straight to the beach here in Sri Lanka, that was pure laziness..!! As we just spent over a week doing nothing in Palolem, so we talked about it and decided ...

Knuckles Range, Elkaduwa, Sri Lanka travel blog

Knuckles Range

A travel blog entry by cosmicllama

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... the home-cooked meals are delicious, the rates are great, and the few rooms that do exist are clean and quiet. We will return to Sri Lanka in the future, if for no other reason than to stay at the Green View again. We awoke early the first morning; I ...

Sunrise on Adam's Peak, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Sunrise on Adam's Peak

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... who showed me around the clubs.  He was a new guy in town too and was trying to get a business going in Sri Lanka.  I was convinced that Pakistan was my next destination until I read the news about the Taliban taking over there....  Oh ...

Buddha's Tooth and an Elephant Orphanage, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Buddha's Tooth and an Elephant Orphanage

A travel blog entry by hildreth75

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... less than 10 minuets later the baby shit itself again.... I took this as my cue to leave!      Kandy is Sri Lanka's second biggest city and it's famous for the Temple of the Sacred Tooth of Buddha . According to Sri Lankan ...

Kandy and the Hill Country, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kandy and the Hill Country

A travel blog entry by salcat

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... Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic - Kandy  On Friday afternoon, we went to the temple of the tooth which is Sri Lanka's most important Buddhist relic, housing a tooth of the Buddha.  The tooth is said to have been snatched ...

Barmy Army Descends, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Barmy Army Descends

A travel blog entry by jamieparkins

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Another beautifully sunny day in Kandy encouraged me to arise early and visit Sri Lanka's most important Buddhist shrine, the Temple of the Tooth (or Dalada Maligawa), posed artistically against the steep wooded hills of the Udawatakelle Sanctuary. ...

Kandyman, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kandyman

A travel blog entry by jamieparkins

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... of Kandy's large artificial lake to view the nightly show of Kandyan dancing and drumming.  This is Sri Lanka's iconic performing art, featuring carefully choreographed displays accompanied by pulsating barrages of massed drumming, with acrobatic ...

2nd Stop - The Town of Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

2nd Stop - The Town of Kandy

A travel blog entry by venoth

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... and craft shop as there were some who were interested in this. Then we went to the Temple of the Tooth Relic ( Dalada Maaligawa) and then to a cultural show in Kandy which depicted the various dances in Sri Lanka. ...

The Hill Country, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

The Hill Country

A travel blog entry by gypsymichelle

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... is kept. Story goes that it was taken from the funeral pyre in 543BC, since then it has been smuggled, stolen, and hidden all throughout Sri Lanka and India. Now they keep it in this temple. You can't actually see it, so some think it is more of a ...

Sacred Tooth Temple, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Sacred Tooth Temple

A travel blog entry by nas.latif

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... were many people praying at the place where the Tooth was said to be.   The Tooth itself was housed is several places in Sri Lanka and this is its final reasting place. The buildings were built in 1764 and parts of the complex are still used for ...

Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Kandy

A travel blog entry by nipitiri

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Sri Lanka, Kandy (suuruselt teine linn Colombo järel) ehk tagasi linnas pärast viit (või kuut, kes seda enam teab) päeva varemeid ja metsa ja romantilist ööd kuuvalgel konnakontserdi saatel. Sri Lanka peaks olema Eestist 1,5 korda suurem ja 19,.. ...

Mr Sunil - Best Tuk Tuk driver ever, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Mr Sunil - Best Tuk Tuk driver ever

A travel blog entry by bass_ke

We started the day nice and early by heading down to the Millennium Elephant Park We were driven down by a tuk tuk driver who was to become a good friend, Mr Sunil. We had a quick break on our way back down the hill and were offered a king coconut each ...

Going in-land with a van, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Going in-land with a van

A travel blog entry by mariebee

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... ;for myself, so I felt.  A big white woman in a big white van with a small black driver is noticed everywhere in Sri Lanka.  I was getting tired of the unwanted attention, and the feelings it brought up in me.  On our first day out ...

Mo Goes it alone in Ella, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Mo Goes it alone in Ella

A travel blog entry by mo_mike

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... book..they sent me off with a baggy of tea...at least that's what I hope it was. I took the train through tea plantations to Kandy.    hint: while traveling from Ella to Kandy try to sit on the left hand side of the train for the view...I was on ...

Pinnawela, Sigiriya and Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Pinnawela, Sigiriya and Temple of the Tooth

A travel blog entry by lauralouise

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... 's tooth was rescued and is now housed in the Temple in Kandy. As a result it is one of the most important temples in Sri Lanka. It was incredibly crowded with Sri Lankans going to make offerings. The temple itself was very noisy and not how i was ...

elephants!!!!!!!!oh yeah, we're in sri lanka, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

elephants!!!!!!!!oh yeah, we're in sri lanka

A travel blog entry by roz

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... one! hopefully pictures soon (forgot the camera cable - oops). ours was called pooja and was the 1st elephant born in captivity in sri lanka! there was 1 elephant with only 3 legs coz one was blown off by a landmine! felt really sad for it! another ...

1st Stop - Bye Bye Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

1st Stop - Bye Bye Kandy

A travel blog entry by venoth

Among all the cities visited so far, Kandy was the best. A pristine town without the hustle bustle of Colombo. After breakfast we left Kandy heading to the Botanical ...

Levoton yo ja monenmoista elainta, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Levoton yo ja monenmoista elainta

A travel blog entry by anssku

... Han oli tyypillisen arsyttava itsetietoinen ranskalainen. Kun sanoimme tekevamme joskus ruokaa itsekin, han sanoi "mina kylla pidan sri lankalaisesta ruuasta". Aivan kuin me olisimme tarkoittaneet, ettemme pitaisi taman maan ruuasta. Puhuimme siita, ...

The Hill Country, Ella, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

The Hill Country

A travel blog entry by cheza

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... (5000 steps to climb in the rain would not have been good) and we moved onto Kandy the 2nd largest city in Sri Lanka. Kandy was crazy, it was like Oxford street the day before Christmas. Everyone was buying presents and it was danterous on the ...

Maailman kaunein kaupunki, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

Maailman kaunein kaupunki

A travel blog entry by anssku

... , mutta usein siita on vain haittaa. Sen mainitsemat hotellit ovat taynna ja ylihintaisia, samoin ravintolat) tama Kandy nimetaan maailman kauneimmaksi kaupungiksi. Tana aamuna jarvea kiertaessamme naimme kylla tosi upeita maisemia: paksurunkoisia puita ...

First Day at the Test, Kandy, Sri Lanka travel blog

First Day at the Test

A travel blog entry by jamieparkins

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... stereotypical 'salt-of-the-earth' football fans all mixing happily together. Despite losing the toss, England subsequently tore into the Sri Lankan batsmen, reducing them to 86-5 at lunch, and 188 all out midway through the final (third) session.  ...

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