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Sigiriya Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya
This is a top pick! Sigiriya is one of Sri Lanka's ancient cities, and consists of a humungous rock fortress towering above a small village and lots of green jungle. We stayed with a lovely Sri Lankan family who fed us lots of rice and curry, and we got up early to climb the ...
The Rock
This is a top pick! ... and no I don't mean the Hollywood movie star - though that would be more pleasant for me, maybe not Ben! Oh my god it's huge!!!!! Sigiriya Rock, god knows what you were just thinking? It's nearing 5pm and we have 1 hour to get to the top, as the top ...
Simply Sigiria
This is a top pick! True to their country’s reputation, Ania and Begosia came to Sri Lanka armed with a large bottle of Vodka. A swig every now and then will keep Montezuma’s Revenge at bay, is what they kept telling me. It seemed to work, although we were all a ...
The Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka
This is a top pick! Sri Lanka has a cultural triangle as named by ...
Oh Mountain!
This is a top pick! Sigiriya, Sri Lanka - I saw a picture of the mountain at Sigiriya and had to go visit. I was not keen on paying the $30 entrance fee, but I was hoping to find somewhere to stay with a great view of the mountain! The ride from Anuradhapura was short, ...
When Hornets Attack!
This is a top pick! Sri Lanka has this area called the cultural triangle. Within this area there are 3 main sites that most people visit. The only problem is that these sites are not that interesting for the 55 U.S. dollars they ...
An auspicious day
... you know about my comprised digestive system and I am happy to report that this meal and the curry and native drink Arrack (no Sri Lankan women drink alcohol, oops) caused no digestive problems. This day was exciting. I was nervous about cultural ...
the first of many early starts
... it's 200m. Since we wanted to make the ascent in the morning we spent the afternoon wandering around a local lake. Sigiriya would keep on butting into the background though - over the rice paddies, drawing our attention away from the water. ...
A week in the Cultural Triangle of Sri Lanka
... , and even wild peacocks in the rice paddies. Piya goes out of his way to show us what he knows we want to see. Sri Lanka is a treasure full of Piyas.The people here are friendly and smiling and the children adorable. The literacy rate is 97% in Sri Lanka ...
The Rock
If Dambulla was a bust, Sigiriya didn't disappoint. Geologically, Sigiriya is the hardened magma plug of an extinct volcano that long ago eroded away. It is thought to have been inhabited in prehistoric times. Local myth is that a king ...
The 8th wonder of the world.
... fell the following day and I can confirm that there is no better way to assuage a premature mid-life crisis than cruising through a Sri Lankan landscape on the back of a bike with people who know that life is for a livin! That, and climbing ...
Sigiriya and the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage
... seem to get on long haul flights. The airport is actually 35k north of Colombo and is the only international airport in Sri Lanka until Mattala Airport is completed and is named after a former prime minister. We retrieved our baggage and were met by our ...
Climbing the Rock Fortress and Polonnaruwa
... is a seven-storied stupa although only six levels remain and looks more of Thai origin than something you would find in Sri Lanka. Lankathilaka Image House has a huge 41 foot Buddha completely made out of clay bricks; unfortunately everything above the ...
Impregnable fortress and fratricide
... for kingly power a man killed his brother then built this strong hold on the flat top with water catchments, etc. The climb up was a bit dicey. Magnificent cave painting of Aspiri ?? along the way. Some good photos. don't miss it if you visit Sri ...
Citadel in the Sky
... nineteenth-century metal spiral staircases lead to and from a sheltered cave in the sheer rock face that holds Sri Lanka's most famous sequence of frescoes, popularly referred to as the Sigiriya Damsels. These busty beauties were painted in ...
Cave Temples and Lion Rock
... Harabana early to hit the Rock Fortress of Sigiriya. It was a very overcast day, so photos were rough going. Sigiriya is basically a humongous rock, upon which a fortress was built long ago, 5th century AD, by the King as protection from ...
Happy Anniversary Nan and Grandad!
... cake. We later read that the sell by date was only valid if stored in a cool, dry place! I'm not sure those places exist in Sri Lanka! Was a good night all in all and although we went to bed so early we were still the last ones up! Saturday (my actual ...
elephants, lions and mongeese
... the caves and summit were occupied by Buddhist monks, so he relocated them to Pidurangala. Approaching the busy entrance to Sigiriya, we carried on along the dusty road past thick jungle to arrive at the almost deserted Pedurangala Rock. A ...
Sigiriya
From Pinnawala, our next destination was Sigiriya. We stayed in the lovely Sigiriya Hotel, with its lawn and pool looking out at the rock itself. 'Giriya' meaning jaws and throat, while 'Sinha' being of course lion, the 600ft rock finds its name. A ...
A pukka place
... , so we are delighted that today is not only not raining, but we are seeing our first blue sky since we arrived in Sri Lanka. Before leaving Kandy we visited the workshop of a batik salesroom. We were all fascinated to see the various stages ...
The Lion Rock
... to not piss off right before the final ascent, but an awesome site to behold nonetheless. It's probably my favorite place in Sri Lanka so far. I made it up and down pretty quickly, pounded a 1.5 litre bottle of water and woke Bandula from ...
2,222 Stairs to Climb
... different types of woods they use here as well as the natural paint from the rainbow tree. Kandy taught us a lot about the resources that are used in Sri Lanka. It's so interesting to learn about the people and their culture; it never gets old to ...
En mode escaliers
Hier soir suis alle boire ma biere avec le proprio du Lachmi guest house, puis suis rentre lire. Lever a 7h30 ce matin et depart a 8h pour une petite marche autour du lac puis tuc tuc jusqu'au terminal de bus. Marchande et reussis a ne payer que 100 ...
Sigiriya
... visit, so we were very hungry after, but we have to say this was the place we liked the most in Sri Lanka so far. PT: A caminho de Sigiriya visitamos varios sitios interessantes. A primeira paragem foi em Matale onde visitámos o templo da Rocha de ...
Polonnaruwa
... near Sigiriya was an hour trip. Not so. It took 2 and a half hours to reach our guest house, near Sigiriya. The roads are quite badly damaged from the recent rain and there is still a lot of water across them. Once night ...
Feb 20, 2012
Kandy, Elephant Orphanage, Sigiriya
... km from east to west and 1 km from north to south it displays the grandeur and complexity of urban-planning in 5th century Sri Lanka. ------ As I read somewhere and as we found out - making the most of Sigiriya, requires a good head for heights - ...
Climbing up Sigiriya
... and insignificance settle equally upon each shoulder as everyone shuffles up step after step lost in their thoughts. Jo's tough time in Sri Lanka continues as she developed a neck strain that had her in all sorts of trouble for the scaling of Sigiriya ...