Eden Garden Hotel Sigiriya

... Plus de mousse dans le bas du dos et en haut du siege, ce qui fait que j'avais deux barres en metal qui me rentraient dans la colonne vertebrale, sans compter que la conduite ici n'est pas des plus douces... 2h30 plus tard, on me depose a Dumbulla, ou je marchande pour un tuc tuc, pour 1300 roupies (8euros), il m'emmene a Sigirya, a 22km, me depose devant le site, m'attend, puis me ramene a Dumbulla, puis m'emmene devant le temple d'or...
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... rock were remains/foundtations of buildings.

Dinner at the flower inn consisted of 5 different curries and rice and thick full fat ice cream - lovely , fabulous , delcious food.

After dinner , at 8pm we were asked not to wonder around as the previous week and elephant had killed someone in the night trying to find water. It is amazing how the weather can change in just 2 hours drive from Kandy where it is raining!!

... sense to move on in this way. When I arrived, I decided that I would take a guide here.

Famous for its 5th century planning, architecture, garden designs, engineering, hydraulics and art, it also looks impressive from a distance! A huge, flat-topped rock formation rises up, independent of its surroundings, like a colossal, huge, sentinel. It’s supposed to have a palace and garden on top, while the army supported the king with might from below. Present ...

... fell off the underside of the back into the water by her hand. What drama! Haha.

Sigirya itself doesn't have much to it, just a few cheap guesthouses and a couple of shops. We walked over to a lake one day and did our day trip to Polonnaruwa from here.

The main sight is Sigirya Rock. It being hot season, we got an early start to head up it. The rock is surrounded by palace and ...

... the famous chariots were all locked up. The inside was pretty much a typical temple. There were the usual offerings of fruit and porridge that townspeople come and drop off for the monks. We had arrived in time to see a monk chant a bit with some of the locals as they went around to some of the prayers spots inside the temple. There was one really cool alter that was a replica of the planets. The main draw, though, are the huge chariots that have all kinds ...

... The guide had hornets under his shirt so he ripped it off while furiously smacking himself with a tree branch. We ran and ran but the hornets kept coming! The girl could not keep up and was getting tagged left and right! She was screaming and crying while her boyfriend ran along side me. He was confused because he wanted to run but he wanted to help her too (but what could he do?) At one point I took a wrong turn ...

... Cycil, who was sat on his porch with his transistor radio, a blanket over his knees and a head full of memories and wisdom. We shot the breeze about the big questions - life, death, religion, the fate of the Sigariya Maidens - and discovered that he still had the walkman Tom gave him a decade ago, lovingly wrapped up for safekeeping. It was hard to leave, but we had rubber to burn if we wanted to make it back to Kandy before nightfall.

... the pool - managing to get back out of the room without injuring herself, we lazed in the pool looking at the amazing array of stars above us. Being quite remote - the street lights weren't strong. Wow. I love stars. Eventually we left the pool and headed for food. Swimming was our freshen up - the rooms don't really have much hot water so shaving and showering weren't pleasant experiences - the tap in the room beside us doesn't even work. In terms of food they ...

... everything in 90 minutes I don't know. Standout ruins were the enormous Rankot Vihara stupa and Lankatilaka, an abolutely huge standing Buddha that I didn't even know was there beforehand. Quite why more people weren't coming to see these wonders is beyond me but I was more than happy to basically have them to myself. Cycling back to town I knew I had a problem. Since getting to Sri Lanka we hadn't been able to find any sun cream and we ...

... a vista é absolutamente fenomenal. Passamos várias horas a visitar Sigiriya, e este foi sem dúvida o nosso sitio preferido no Sri Lanka. CZ: Cestou do Sigiriye jsme se jeste stihli zastavit na nekolika dalsich zajimavych mistech. Prvnim z nich byl chram Rocha de Aluvihara v Matale, ktery je opravdu paradne zasazen do obrovske skaly a tvori ho take nekolik jeskyni. Na zdech byly docela desive malby zobrazujici, co se s clovekem stane v ...