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Castle Hill Kandy

22, Rajapilla Mawatha Kandy, Sri Lanka

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Climb the Adam's Peak X

A travel blog entry by longtail

... name is Sivan Adi Padham, for it is the Creative Dance of the god Siva that the 'print' calls to remembrance. Its Sri Lanka name and sacredness however antedates even Buddhism. The name is Samanala Kanda; and Saman was a pre-Buddhist god, one of the four Guardian Deities of the Island. For this reason, the clouds of yellow butterflies who annually appear and, to the eye of faith, seem to converge from every direction upon the holy mountain, are called Samanalaya.
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Kandy, capitale de la région montagneuse

A travel blog entry by benetcaro

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... suspendu. C'était une très agréable sortie.

Nous avons goûté notre premier Khottu (au poulet). C'est un met très populaire en soirée ici. Il s'agit d'une crêpe (fraichement préparée) puis hachée et ensuite frite avec des légumes et de la viande. Ça ressemble beaucoup à un pad thai, sauf qu'au lieu que ce soit des nouilles de riz c'est une fine crêpe tranchée un peu comme des ...

The Tooth and Nothing but the Tooth

A travel blog entry by johnandalison

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... It was not a walk in the park as our stiff muscles reminded us over the next couple of days. We were humbled by the effort and commitment required to make the pilgrimage particularly by those parents who carried their tired children and the elderly who were slowly, slowly, slowly making the decent. I guess that is why they call them devotees!

The British`s most obvious contribution to the hill country is the introduction of tea. Manicured tea gardens roll out ...

Kandy...Again

A travel blog entry by jessandniall

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... to collect them. Fingers were crossed! I was badly in need of a haircut and was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Either get Niall to cut it or a local hair dresser. We hadn't seen one woman with short hair since we got there, but I opted for a local hairdresser. Bad move. I am now sporting a boys haircut, at a stretch it could be called a Jamie Lee Curtis doo, but its not bonny. Hopefully it'll grow quickly.
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The Tour, Part 1: Kandy

A travel blog entry by teekuenste

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... clothes because today was the day when I finally would see the Perahera procession.
Perahera is an annual festival in Kandy when the holy relic of Buddha's tooth is taken out of its temple and taken through downtown. All this is of course accompanied by much fanfare: decked out elephants, fire artists, dance groups, the city's finest in their finest, bands and of course lots of people just lining the streets. Some had been at it for a couple of hours, ...

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