Angsana Polonnaruwa

Giritale,, Cultural Triangle Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka

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Sigiriya and the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage

A travel blog entry by jowhiting

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... and a pleasant garden to sit in. There were lots of the small Palm Squirrels scurrying around the trees identified by their distinctive stripes down their back and also a much larger Giant Squirrel. The Giant Squirrel is much darker and obviously much bigger, we first became aware of it as it dropped some of the fruit it was eating above us and there it was staring down. A large Toque Macaque patrolled the roof of the hotel with its distinctive hair like an ill fitting ...

Adam's Peak

A travel blog entry by jenmcguire1987

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... Sacred Footprint" as buddhists believe that Buddha left his footprint here before he headed towards paradise. There is actually a massive temple on the summit which houses this footprint and at the top the pilgrims enter by taking off their shoes ( if they are even wearing any) and go to pray at the footprint. It really is quite unbelievable that this massive structure exists on the peak as it's so steep!

The walk up, consisting ...

Ancient cities in Sri Lanka

A travel blog entry by manatwork

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... and a half hours to reach Dambulla. I had a meal of Sri Lankan rice and curry at Benthota Bake House, which serves realIy good local food. After my meal, I head to The Rock Temple, one of the seven World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka. I purchased the ticket from a lady sitting in a tiny room with minimal lighting and bare furnishing. The walk up to the temple can be slippery when wet (it had rained earlier) with occasional steps in certain places ...

Colombo and the Cultural Triangle

A travel blog entry by liz23

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... Where are you going?", "Your job?". I don't feel like people here are all trying to get something out of me. People are genuinely curious, and are excited to strike up a conversation with you. Compared to India, Sri Lanka is a breath of fresh air. Though our jaunt through India was centered in rather touristy areas, we have done the same in Sri Lanka and have yet to have someone boldly ask us for a tip (in India this happened every 5 minutes, it got so bad that even ...

And then there were two....

A travel blog entry by s.l.taylor

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... LOT of drums. Out of all that I think Charlotte and I most enjoyed watching the baby elephant retaliating against the procession, instead deciding to try and kick the **** out of it's owner, ha! It wasn't so nice when they chained him up though, he was obviously distressed. As were Charlotte and I, incidently, when we found ourselves walking in the middle of the procession trying to find our way out!! I think more Sri Lankans were watching us than the artists!

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