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Kandy Slideshow
Kandy
Travel Blogs from Kandy, Sri Lanka
A lovely cup of tea in the rain.
... be a good source of income for them. It's expensive to get in, I think 2000SR a ticket. That is a lot of money in Sri Lanka. Even our guide was embarrassed by the cost. We decided to give it a miss. There is also an elephant ...
Kandy and Pinnewala the elephant orphanage
... I must go through! PINNEWALA THE ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE Left aligned photo tag: This big elephant orphanage was another reason why I came to Sri Lanka and my first destination. I spent a whole day at the orphanage enjoying my big friends. There ...
The view, darlings, the view!
... reception again, this time less spaced out from the journey and equipped with questions. Luckily timing seems to be a city in Sri Lanka and just as I start asking after my Ayurveda treatments the responsible doctor is asking after me. After a preliminary ...
Leave today
Due to a bust up with the rip-off merchants at the Lakshmi Guest House (trebled their rates, breakfast not included, added tax on everything, no refunds - Lonely Planet recommended my arse!) Sarath from The McLeod Inn arranged for Groundsman Simon and ...
Tea and temples
Up at the crack of dawn to get the 7am train from Colombo Fort railway station to Kandy. Everything about the journey reminded us of mid-twentieth century rail travel at home. Our tickets were small lavender coloured rectangles of cardboard, printed ...
Spunky monkeys and other funny business
... accustomed to people begging and chatting to us randomly on the street ("Where are you going?" "Where are you from?" "Are you married?" "Sri Lanka good?" are questions you hear thousands of times a day, or so it seems), but the man with the scorpion is ...
Trekking in Sri Lanka
We have made a super intensive private trip with a personal driver and guide through the intire country of Sri Lanka. Just my girlfriend and me, there were no other guests with us in the van so we had our really own and individual trip. Climbing up the ...
Abenteuer Massage
Angenehm, nach 2 Party-Nächten mal ein kürzeres Tagesprogramm zu haben. In der Früh ging es in einen riesigen Botanischen Garten. Detail am Rande: dieser wird von jugendlichen Srilankanern so intensiv als Flirt-Platz benützt, dass es keine freie ...
The Hill Country - Ancient Sites and Adam's Peak
... in India, the hill country has provided us with completely new experiences and a greater perspective of life in Sri Lanka. On our way to Kandy from Galle, as the train chugged very slowly up to about 500 meters, the landscape suddenly changed and we ...
THe very first Foot Step
Hi all, thanks for clicking. and here I am , I am Jayanath living in Kandy Sri Lanka. This is my first step of travel ...
The trek
Hi Have uploaded the photos. Was going to write an amazing story because it has been a totally awesome day but am now done in. Sent Bernard out to find an ATM and he has come back empty handed. grrr. So now must go out and find money instead of writing. ...
Kandy - Nuwara Eliya - Udawalawe - Colombo
... only a few minutes of driving we spotted our first wild elephants. We have seen a fair few elephants while here in Sri Lanka, but this was the first opportunity we had to see them in their natural environment. Continuing on we saw many more ...
Sri Lanka
... Sri Lankan hospitality, dancing the Sri Lankan way! A traditional home - basic, with a well in the garden. An enlightening experience! Overall, Sri Lanka is one of the most beautiful countries in the world - with the worst food! All the gear but no idea! ...
The Tour, Part 1: Kandy
... and onward went the fire basket holder. Any procession of course has to have its share of that towns finest in its midst, Kandy's Perahera also. A bit offputting to my western eye was the fact that the short sleeves of their bolero like over coats were ...
Stinking Memories!
"Ten Rupees!" demanded the young man attending the toilets at the bus stand. I show him five; he waves me through. The toilets are quite clean, but with a strong smell of urine inevitable in the tropical heat. I inhale deeply to banish in a single breath ...
Starting to feel like I'm on the amazing race
... east asia so it really helps to split costs. We arrived in Kandy late and it was raining as well guesthouses in sri lanka really are guesthouses like your literally staying in someones home, after having some trouble finding a guesthouse with a ...
First day in Sri Lanka and we were expecting rain
... it meant that we could go straight to Kandy the first night (5000 rs/£27) for a 2.5h journey. My first impressions of Sri Lanka was lush green countryside and i was reminded of southern india with all the sari's and food stalls etc The freedom lodge was ...
Sri Lanka, The Beginning.
... certain places giving me the advantage to do other things I turned the whole plan around and have commenced my four month journey in Sri Lanka. The journey will now be Sri Lanka, East India, Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Beijing, Japan, ...
Kandy - the culinary desert
... , before heading into town and treating ourselves to some well deserved pastries and cake from the bakery. After lunch we visited Sri Lanka's most important Buddhist shrine, the Temple of the Tooth (where Buddhas tooth is supposedly kept-we are somewhat ...
Kandy...Again
... a distance from the centre, but as it was just for one night we just went with it. That evening we went to see the Kandy Dancing, which was held in the Culture Centre next to the lake. It was really good, lots of drumming, big masks and funky ...
Arugam Bay-->Kandy
... Zug zu fahren...aber der hatte am Vortag mit uns eine Tuk Tuk Panne...Also mussten wir zusehen, wie wir wieder zurueckkommen. In Kandy haben wir eine Nacht verbracht und sind von dort aus entspannt nach Colombo gefahren (was fuer ein Gewackel im Zug, wenn ...
Poo and sweets :)
... debating over whether to attempt to complete the Cultural Triangle which consists of the key sights in Sri Lanka, as most these are accessible fairly easily from Kandy. I'm hoping that we can take a visit to the Elephant Orphanage and the Botanical ...
Whistle-stop tour of Kandy
Kandy was great, so much nicer than Colombo. Only had a few hours there but got a nice feel for the place and saw what I wanted to see. Highlights: Strolling round the lake, taking in the atmosphere. Haggling in the markets The Sacred Tooth Temple ...
Kandy
... stroke them and them saw them all troop down to the river for bathing! Got some amazing Pictures of these incredible animals! Kandy is cool! We went to the Temple of the Tooth (Buddah's tooth) during a ceremony. so interesting and ...
The bus journey
... by leaving Villa Oceania at 3am!!!! That's not holidaying!! We all piled in a lovely bus and headed off on the long journey to Kandy. Had a very brief look around went to the lake and then back on the bus for Nuwara Ellya. This was our first night stop, ...
Numerologie am Münztelefon
Irmi wird wieder "rückfällig": der Körper spielt nach wie vor etwas verrückt. Wir verlängern auch hier unplanmäßig und düsen mit dem Tuk-Tuk zum Arzt. Der Fahrer liefert nebenbei noch einen Sack Reis und Kartoffeln an einen Kiosk entlang der ...
I Don't Like Kandy
... who's lived in SL for 17 years, and her brother Ziggy. Afraid I had a good moan about Emirates in particular and Sri Lanka in general. The told me the Ivy is a gay knocking shop. Splendid visit to the botanical gardens this morning, and ...
