Casa Colombo

After a reasonably late wake up we have some money to a random surfer for the room and got a ride up to Colombo in preparatio for our flight departing at 0130 the next morning, thing is we were so keen to get out of town we got to the airport at about Midday.<br><br>The drive was mildly entertaining, I was trying to count how many AK-47 toting Soldiers and Police there were on the way to the airpot, I stop counting after 100. The terminal is very far away from the drop off point and ...

... we can get back home and not take away anything memorable. It just goes to show that travel isn't always about seeing the best sites and staying in the best resorts. Sometimes the best memories are made in a nondescript neighborhood far removed from the awesome beaches and national parks. In fact, everyone in the restaurant wanted to know how I found this area and I told them by the number 101 bus. They were shocked and amazed an American would venture this far ...

... went to stand in another line. Finally got to the front and was handed a form to complete. The questions: originating city, city that brought you to Colombo, all the places visited in past two weeks, and the final zinger question, have you been around anyone in the past two weeks with swine flu? Are you kidding me? Even if you were to answer truthfully, how in the hell would you ever know? Anyway, it seemed that all of my answers were "correct" and, once ...

... went to stand in another line. Finally got to the front and was handed a form to complete. The questions: originating city, city that brought you to Colombo, all the places visited in past two weeks, and the final zinger question, have you been around anyone in the past two weeks with swine flu? Are you kidding me? Even if you were to answer truthfully, how in the hell would you ever know? Anyway, it seemed that all of my answers were "correct" and, once ...

... Koenigen untergebracht war bevor nach Kandy kam. Ausserdem zu sehen ist das Steinerne Buch. Im Weiteren finden sich zahlreiche Hindu- und Buddhatempel. Der Klosterkomplex beherbergt neben den Dagobas und Wohnhaeusern der Moenche das Lankatilaka mit einem kopflosen 16m hohen Buddha im Inneren. Beeindruckend sind die Gal Vihara Monumente aus dem 12. Jh. - 4 kolossale Buddhastatuen. Die liegende 14m lange Statue zeigt den Buddha wie er ins Nirwana eingeht.

... nympths . Finally, the Rev made me insert one more animal shot: . It's been a treat and a privilege to travel for three plus months and to share our travels with you. We've met some amazing and dedicated people on the way who are making our world a better place including Joan with Oxfam, Sister Denise Couglan in Cambodia with the Jesuit ...

... I would rather have a normal portion and pay half the price! I found the trick though, I ask them to keep the leftovers for me and that's my lunch for the next day! The mountains were beautiful. I walked a lot around the tea plantations, to waterfalls and up a few hills to admire ...

... We could see the dog running and could hear some squealing so we ran over to the Tuk Tuk rank and all of us shouted "follow that dog" ( it did not sound funny at the time but as I type it I can only think what we sounded like ) We jumped into the Tuk Tuk whose driver was more than up for a dog chase and he went as fast as he could (they don't go that fast but he gave it a good go) as we came level with the temple we spotted the dog running towards the ...

... or "Lion rock". He stayed there for 16 years, until one day his royal brother returned from India...with an army ready to fight for his title of King. I think the rest of the story is half myth and not really reputable...but it is still told. The two brothers are ready for battle, with the royal brother and his army charging towards the palace. The royal brother and a few other generals are sitting upon elephants ...

... again today. Another guest told a whole group of us in the Ladies' Room that you don't put paper in the toilet. That explains everything! There's only a tiny little bit of water when you flush, never enough to move paper, so our toilet paper in the Ladies kept accumulating in the toilets, with each of us apologizing to the next user, after flushing and flushing and flushing. It turns out that the sprayer next to the toilet is for your personal hygiene (like a ...