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Arrival!
This one is officailly a quicky! i have to be at dinner in 2 mins!! so basically were here we landed we went to baggage.... mine wasnt there! currently in kandy at a rather nice hostel/hotel and my bag is on its way from colombo having been left in dubai! not to worry... spent the day with elephants riding and having a bath with etc... had food at …
Elegance in the Hills
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At least I could until required to walk along a metal stairway attached to the rock. I had already declined the opportunity to see the paintings of the prototype Page 3 girls which required climbing up a spiral staircase and down another ("it’s OK, cast iron built by the British"). Helen
came back, gave me her hand and told me we were nearly at base camp. From which she and our guide would complete the ascent leaving me in the shade. She got to the top and back ...
Sri Lanka--Theravada Buddhism and Colombo traffic
... and ate rice and curry (a huge plate of rice and 4 small bowls of different veg curries for less than 1$) on day 1. Shopped at Cargill’s –the US grocery store-for razor blades and scissors. Cargill’s sells only Kellogg cereal. Whole grain Choculas the feature.
Day 2—took a (first ever) 3rd class train on a 1.5 hour trip to Matale, a small predominantly Muslim town to ...
Buddha's tooth and cricket success!
... spare. Sighs of relief all round!
We decided not to stay for the Sri Lanka versus West Indies game and instead we went back to the hotel to enjoy it in comfort on the TV in the lobby. Yes we are wimps, but the ground is manic and really quite hard work. Knowing that no alcohol could be served in the hotel on full moon day we drank a quick beer in the room as Simon needed his daily fix. Down in the lobby they served us beer anyway. How about ...
Day 31 - I Like Kandy (a song title)
... nice people, you ok". Gayan asks Mandy politely, as always, to please get out, and drives off with a "wait there sir", and the police guys and I have a great chat in broken English about Buddhism, cricket, "my" country, and then two of them then shake my hand as Gayan comes galloping back, and they say "thank you for coming sir, Buddha's blessing be on you". Me and the cops at the gate, lovely blokes, my new best mates. The Temple of the Tooth Relic is too much to describe ...
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