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Kandy Slideshow
Kandy
Travel Blogs from Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: A Land like no Other. 7) Kandy
... this in my next post. It is also a great place from which to venture into the cultural triangle, especially Dambulla and Sigiriya (both of which can be explored in a day trip from Kandy). *********** Next Sri Lanka post -- the Hill (Tea) ...
Visite
... Je viens de trouver celui-ci qui est bien rapide et qui ferme a 20h30, un record ici, car a 21h il n'y a plus rien d'ouvert a Kandy... Snif que c'est triste. J'ai decide d'instaurer mon camp de base ici, et vais, prendre un bus pour me rendre aux temples ...
Green everywhere
... not sure why we paid 1200Rupes ($12US) while the locals paid 10Rs though but this is a recurring and blatant theme throughout Sri Lanka. Temple loop- We had grandiose plans of hiking a several kilometer loop to see a few temples a little ...
Gardens
From JB We stayed in Kandy for about five days. First on the list was a visit to the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens (Auntie Joy you will be proud!). The gardens are set of 150 acres a short ride from the city, containing over 4000 different species. We ...
Botanical Gardens & Pinewela Elephants
The Botanical Gardens are 6km outside Kandy city and worth a visit. We spend over 2 hours wandering the quiet lanes of the gardens. It seems this is a favourite haunt of Sri Lankan courting couples, looking for some privacy away from their watchful ...
Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage
... internet where this time after about 10 mins the power went off again! I was over it by now so i went for a walk around Kandy Lake and too some pics before hailing a tuk tuk and bargaining with him to take me up the hill to the hotel... ...
Arrive in Sri Lanka and tackle the buses!
... the Tooth. Easy book in and unpack. The owner comes along to introduce himself and lets us know what he has to offer travellers to Sri Lanka. It’s not a hard sell in any way shape or form, but a relaxed conversation. We set off back down the hill to ...
Sri Lanka
... , i did`t work and at the end of 7 years he found enlightinment. here he then became the enlightened one ` buddha`. Kandy Sri Lanka scenry reminds me of a lot like Goa but bigger. Kandy, i`ts really hot and humid here with the occinsional monsoon ...
Kandy
... dad) but we didn't have enough for that! Now that our pockets had been emptied at the hands of the Sri Lankans we made our way back to Kandy, our driver stopped and bought us each a red banana (really good!) and we stopped at a viewpoint along the ...
Sigiriya, Dambulla & Kandy
... up to the job and it requires clarification frequently. He is also keen to take us on other trips during our stay in Sri Lanka. Spice gardens, elephant rides and tea plantations are all on offer. We decline all as we suspect the Australian customs and ...
Reason's I'm not Afraid to Die
#1 - I chase wild elephants into the jungle. #2 - I drive a moped 80km/hr toward oncoming traffic in the dark and rain in a country where buses regard motorbikes as speedbumps. #3 - I ride bus routes which 4 days earlier were bombed. #4 - I'd do ...
Kandy & Colombo
On the way back to Kandy I dropped in Dambulla, a busy town on the main traffic vein. Originally I’d planned to stay overnight, but in the end was happy to leave this boring place behind. The only attraction here are cave temples, dated more than ...
Kandy, entrée de la région montagneuse
... Un travail d’abeille ! Ensuite, j’ai été voir une salle de montre d’objets fait en bois. Au Sri Lanka, les masques traditionnels sont très populaires mais aussi très dispendieux en raison des couleurs naturelles utilisées et du ...
Temples and Tea
... hills which had the most amazing views of Kandy including the lake and the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. As the journey to Sri Lanka had pretty much messed up our body clock we decided to keep ourselves awake and sample the Sri Lankan cuisine. We ...
Kandy
... on the sand next to the remains of the Tsunami damaged buildings. Second half completed in the dark - very different atmosphere! Arrived in Kandy late at night, tired and hot at a guesthouse that can only be described as the pits!!! (Photos to follow when ...
Kandy
... tryin to rip us off wi dodgy taxi rides.we got one for 15 quid to takes us 4 hours out to a town called kandy in the hill country of sri lanka so didnt do too bad price wise. kandy used to be the capital a few hundred years ago and its a pretty wierd ...
Sweeter than Kandy
Sorry for the delay in getting you this passage but internet access in Sri Lanka isn't so readily available. When it is, it's either really slow or really expensive. A friend of ours back home (Mark Allen) has said that our entries are to long winded and ...
Improvements!
... rainstorm! Thanks for all your comments. It is really great to hear from you. Here follows some 3 word summaries of Sri Lanka composed whilst sheltering from the rain!!!!!! No highway code Police officers ineffective Bus ride suicidal Zebra crossings - ...
Last but not Least
... once so I found it unusually strange to be in the presence of 150 of them! I only got a taste of Kandy on the morning of my final day in Sri Lanka. The sky had cleared up and the sun had returned. I was just starting to discover the charm of the city ...
What I wish to share
... much as I like due to my limited budget.But my never ending passion for trekking has taken me on the nature trails in Sri Lanka, known to very few.I feel that I have some unique experiances to share with you my fellow travelers, in return. ...
Ayurveda in Sri Lanka
When the French medical doctor Bernadette Poisson came to Sri Lanka few years ago, to do a reseach on alternative medicine practiced in other countries, I had the oppertunity to accompany her to visit different Ayurveda centers and hospitals in Sri ...
The Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth
... jungles, surrounded by sandy beaches, with mountains shrouded in mist and untold mysteries of lost cities. Having explored remains of Sri Lanka's ancient cities, we continued to follow the well worn tourist track into the hills and mountains in the ...
My Ayurveda Experiences
I'll just lump all of my Ayurveda treatments in the Amaya Hills Resort in this entry even though the various treastments happened on consecutive days. A first the doctor took a look at me, took my blood pressure and my pulse, asked a couple of general ...
Colombo to Kandy and Back
... territory, like mosquitoes I guess. I did meet some very nice people who were happy to chat and tell you interesting things about Sri Lanka just to practise their English. On the morning I was due to leave, while having breakfast, I noticed a monkey ...
Portrait of a train trip
... the road from the train station. We decided to completely throw all our plans into the air and head in the opposite direction to Kandy. Raced over to the train station and were on the train within 15 minutes. Why didnt we think of that in the fist ...
Barreling On To Kandy
... that we had arrived at the outer checkpoint of the temple of the Buddha’s Sacred Tooth, the most important Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. The man was eager to chat with us and provide us all the information we needed for a temple visit the following ...
Sigiriya - Matale - Kandy
... at Matale, then continue to Kandy still the very much focal point of Sri Lankan culture and was the capital of last generations of Sri Lanka's Kings until it fell into the hands of the British in 1815. Evening visit to the Temple of the Tooth Relic ...
Fig Tree to House Thousands
... . Porcupines on a lead - isnt that what everyone does? Saw the Buddhist Temple where Buddha's tooth is apparently kept in Kandy. Botanic gardens were spectacular and they have the biggest fig tree I have ever seen. Stayed at fabulous resort property deep ...