Highest View Kandy

... to a batik factory where we were shown the process used to make the dyed cloths. This was very interesting, but there was a lot of pressure put on us at the end to buy something.<br><br>Our guest house was picked by our driver, who seemed particularly reluctant to take us to the place we'd originally chosen. This was a mistake as the hotel was quite overpriced for what it was, but the owner was friendly enough and let ...

... planned on coming back to Kandy so it was nice to see our friends at the The Muslim House and eat one more meal there. We hopped on a bus the next morning and headed south for the next adventure. Things we checked out: Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic- This is the most important temple in Sri Lanka because it holds Buddha's tooth. When we arrived we hadn't planned on using a guide since the book does a fine job of describing the temple but ...

... day The Titanic left Southampton on its fateful journey. It also known as Good Friday. The date is the 10th of April 2009. The time is 16h36 and the location will be Amsterdam Centraal Station. Before that date however I plan to explore some more of Sri Lanka, fly to the United Arab Emirates, explore both the United Arab Emirates and Oman, before flying to Paris with a two day stopover in Bahrain. In Paris I will take the Thalys train back to Amsterdam: I left Amsterdam by ...

... up the coast road is about 6 hours at that time of day. Then it was off to Kandy which is the capital of the hill country situated about 3 hours North East of Colombo. Bancharada Bahawani We headed down into the centre of Kandy for some dinner and the streets were packed out with a Hindu celebration going on - Bancharada Bahawani, which is a festival that happens once a year. The big Hindu temple was all lit up and ...

Today was a busy day ... we were in the bus at 5.45am to drive to Sigiriya. It was pouring rain and we were going to attempt to climb Sigiriya Rock - about 200m high. As I will probably never come back here i was definitely going to attempt to climb it - rain hail fog or shine. We set off along the path and started climbing the stairs - the rock was partially covered in mist and we really couldn't see all that much... At the top of ...

Well, after the 5-0 thrashing at the hands of the Aussies earlier in 2007, it was off to Sri Lanka for the next instalment in the England Cricket teams overseas jaunts. Now Sri Lanka was where I saw my first overseas Test Match in 2003 so I had fond memories of the place despite the inept 1-0 defeat. Since then the island had been devastated by the 2004 Tsunami and like Indonesia and India was somewhat overlooked in the aftermath ...

... It has begun to rain. Every day it rains at this time. For ten hours I have been on the road now. Soon the sun will set. &#8220;Good, that I took the umbrella,&#8221; I think to myself as I hop across the water puddles in the broken asphalt and stare at the soldiers in camouflage suits, who mingle with the monks in bright habits under under the stalls. &#8220;Sri Lanka&#8221;, which means &#8222;radiating island &#8220;, has been standing on the threshold of civil war for ...

As I left the hostel on Monday morning and walked down to the lake which dominates the land scape of Kandy I stopped for 5 minutes to take in the view...only to be confronted with a monster...well sort of!!! I didn't think you could get these things outside Indonesia, but in Lanka there have big f##k off monitor lizards. I thought I had come across a croc at first...these things are huge...like lots of the wildlife here as I ...

... coolness of the evenings and wrapping the blanket around us at night was cozy. On our first day we got up early to hike up Little Adam's Peak onlt to find that it took one our to get up and we were back in the village at about 9am. That included Kev's one million photo taking stops aswell. A tea picker stopped us as she wanted Kev to take a photo and then post it home to her. The address reads: The woman's name, The name of the Tea plantation, Ella, Sri Lanka. That's like sending a ...

... amp; DEROC R LOST".  A very apt entry - well done, Ms O'Flaherty.  (For those of you who weren't around for the Maureen &amp; Derek episodes, you'll just have to remain in the dark.) In close second place, a Ms Lock of undetermined origin came up with "IM &amp; ER: CLOSER TO MARS".  Nice to hear from you again Ms Lock.  It's been a long time.  Both of us hope you are keeping well.  Mrs R is particularly concerned about our whereabouts.  Finally, the Sarah-Jane ...