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Polonnaruwa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
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The Cultural Triangle--More than Three Sides
This is a top pick! ... Sinhalese fought back. The Tamils were not the first invaders, however. Prior to the Tamils, the Sinhalese themselves colonized Sri Lanka, displacing or mixing with the native Sri Lankan people. Legends also depict invasions from India. Rama, ...
Lost in Antiquity
This is a top pick! ... by wild elephants and a million butterflies. After a beautiful drive (we saw no elephants, unfortunately) we reached our destination. Polonnaruwa is a city of ancient ruins, most of which date back to the 12th century. The city is a cross between ...
Off we go again
This is a top pick! ... happy enough and I wish I'd have taken some pics but didn't want to appear rude. At 9.30am we set of for the ancient city of Polonnaruwa and its mid day by the time we get there. It's too bloody hot, no seriously it's mid 30s and feels like 50 degrees. ...
Elephant Road Crossing
This is a top pick! ... of 100,000 lives. War (albeit back in 1073) was also the reason for the establishment of Polonnaruwa as the royal capital of Sri Lanka after Anuradhapura was conquered by invading Kingdoms from India. Today, the ancient city’s ruins remain in ...
Hopping around the Ancient Cities
This is a top pick! ... had never even heard of) is one of my favorite things about travel. Seeing those statues alone would make the long flight to Sri Lanka more than worthwhile! We saw a lot more great stuff as well. Having a car at this point finally became a total ...
RIP Pentax
This is a top pick! ... after months of them my last Buddha. This one is one the oldest and most famous in the world. In this ancient city Polonnaruwa center piece is a large rock with three Buddhas carved into it, one sitting, one standing and one sleeping. The city ...
Watewanderawa
This is a top pick! ... What better way to define our quest to reconnect with seven women in the Mahaweli. The Mahaweli is a large area in central Sri Lanka that was converted from scrub jungle to arable land through the construction of five major dams and a series of ...
Surprised
This is a top pick! ... needed to be and deciced to walk it. Polonnaruwa was nothing like I had expected. As base for one of the premier sights in Sri Lanka, and a UNESCO World Heritage site, I was expecting a large touristic setup. In reality it was a dusty one street town and ...
Jumping through bureaucratic hoops
... got a little dirty and Mahmoud was taking Americans hostage, his brother fled to the safety of Sri Lanka... who knows... In Polonnaruwa I checked out a couple of guesthouses... most of them are fairly dingy so I settled on ...
Sri Lanka - The Cultural Triangle
... Monday 11 Oct 2010 Sydney – KL – Negombo(Sri Lanka) We're off for a short (for us) trip to ...
cultural triangle - warning L tourist!
... hired a driver to take me to see the cultural triangle north of wasgamuwa. The day didn't start off to well. When we arrived at Polonnaruwa the driver took me straight to the museum. I tried to explain that I wanted to go to the guest house to drop my ...
On the Road to Ruins
... Rankot Vihara is an immense red-brick dagoba rising to a height of some 55m, the fourth largest such structure in Sri Lanka. Substantial Anuradhapuran-style vahalkadas stand at the four cardinal points, decorated with the usual dwarf, elephant and ...
Medieval Sri Lanka
Cliff Claivin factoid: Sri Lanka was formerly known as Ceylon...hence when you see 'Ceylon Tea', this means it's from Sri Lanka. :) Today I visited Polonnawaru, the medieval capital of Sri Lanka. The ruins area is isolated in one large section of ...
An attempt at cycling round an ancient city
Two buses from Sigriya take us to Polonnaruwa the ancient capital of Sri Lanka. Ruins of the city are scattered around the small modern town. Similar to Hampi we have an entire ancient city to explore. We start exploring on bicycles, but given the quality ...
Polonnaruwa
... I stayed at a guesthouse with a tv so can wake up early in the morning to watch the polls closing and the results come in. Sri Lanka is 11.5 hours later than Chicago time. I woke up at 5:30 AM, turned on the tv and Obama had 3 electoral ...
Unexpected Beauties
... of the setting was worth the whole price of admission: he was beautiful. The next morning, we were sitting on the bus departing Polonnaruwa and heard a voice behind us say, "Morning!" It was an Italian lady we had first met at Beach Villa our first ...
Ancient Cities...Continued
Another day brings me to another of Sri Lanka's ancient cities. Polannaruwa was a thriving commercial and religious center 800 years ago. Although nearly 1,000 years old, it is much younger than Anuradhapura (my next destination to the north). ...
Polonnaruwa
Polonnaruwa, the second most ancient capital of Sri Lanka, dates back to King Vijayabahu I who reunited the country in 1070AD and shifted the capital. However, it is his grandson Parakramabahu I, who had extensive irrigation built (which to this day still ...
Marooned
... to clear up a little so we felt a bit optimistic about weather prospects. We immediately called Tissa and headed off towards Polonnaruwa. There was evidence of washouts, overflows, and houses and shops flooded. Then not far along the whole ...
I'm a survivor....
... 30 mn de moins qu'hier pour arriver a Dambulla, situe a 75km de kandy, soit 2 h au lieu de 2h30... Arrive sans encombre a Polonnaruwa vers 11h10, me prends la tete avec des tuc tucs qui veulent m'arnaquer, en essayant de me vendre des tickets deja usages, ...
Polonnaruwa
... e com vista sobre um lago. A principal razão que nos levou a Polonnaruwa foi visitar as ruínas da 2a capital histórica do Sri Lanka, mas acabamos por também fazer um curto safari de jipe (literalmente um Jeep, com umas boas décadas de uso) na Reserva ...
Jungle Country
We have downsized our packs and left over half at the villa for collection at the end of our Sri Lanaka touring. In theory this frees us up each morning for a quick pack up and on the road. Our driver was on time and we were away soon after 9am. ...
And if a stranger...
... , razias e travagens bruscas, isso é...impulse coisa nenhuma...é simplesmente falta de estômago para viajar nos transportes públicos do Sri Lanka... Faça-se um homem meu rapazola! E se um pica aleatoriamente depois de olhar para a sua caraça, ...
Sri Lanka: A Land like no Other. 6) Polonnaruwa
The eastern most point visited when touring Sri Lanka's cultural triangle is Polonnaruwa. The ruins in this ancient capitol are the best preserved and most varied in Ceylon and it's well worth the effort to visit ...
another day another bike ride in Polonnaruwa
... doing roadworks, the women seem to be doing all the plowing and the men stand around doing very little!)... Our arrival into Polonnaruwa was at about midday - just in time for lunch and then onto picking up our bikes for another cycle around the ruins ...
Oct 10, 2012
nostalgic memories of 1977
Travelled from Nuwaraeliya to Gritalle. On the way visted the rock cave temple at Dambulla. The boys enjoyed the sleeping buddha's statues and the cave in which the Buddha is sleeping Late in the evening visited the Minnerya House wher we lives from 1975 ...
And then there were two....
Hello! Sorry it's taken me a while to write to you... it's quite difficult finding decent connections in Sri Lanka. Anyway, I thought you might like to know I'm still alive; and now I have company in the form of Miss Charlotte Davies!! My arrival in Sri ...
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