Hotel Sudu Araliya Polonnaruwa

... sait jamais... Je m'assois donc a cote de ce monsieur, 58 ans, ancien banquier aujourdhui benevole dans une association, en partance pour l'est afin de nettoyer les plages et les environs de tous les sacs plastiques. Et oui ici aussi c'est un gros probleme, meme si c'est quand meme beaucoup plus propre qu'en Inde. Discutons beaucoup des problemes environnementaux et de ses consequences, de religion et de politique. Il est accompagne de plusieurs jeunes, assez sympas ...

... br><br>Lastly, I went to visit the Nelum Poluna Lotus Pond, built in tiers to show the petals of the lotus flower and the Tivanka Image House with its Buddha statue &#8211; a real survivor from the Jetavanarama monastery. It had brilliant frescoes on the inner walls &#8211; the only surviving ones in the whole of Pollunaruwa!<br><br>I returned to the guesthouse and picked up my bags, taking another bus a good distance to Dambulla, arriving at 7.30pm. After a ...

... I particularly liked the huuuuge Buddhist stupa (I think the 3rd largest in Sri Lanka) and one of the monastries which had the remains of a religious library in it, sadly destroyed by a fire. There were also several impressive temples including 3 (I think) dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. One of which was being dismantled at the time to see if there were further ruins beneath it.

... basically a hemisphere that contains Buddha relics. Like the Buddha statues, these come in all shapes and sizes and are really cool to see but you get pretty inundated with them over 3 days. You see both Buddha statues and dagobas all throughout Sri Lanka so if you don't make it up to the Ancient Cities, no worries, they are everywhere. After a whirlwind tour we were ready for our next spot, Adam's Peak. We were dropped off in Kandy for one last night and ...

... back down (with a view of monkey sex that I'm still trying to forget) and back to the hotel after a supermarket visit to stock up on water and snacks. Before our evening meal we hit the pool - they kindly put the lights on for us - but that spoilt it for us. We got to know our neighbours in the pool - Michelle and Sam - who you'll hear more about! After a while we persuaded Chris to put the lights back out - she found the light switch in a space under one side ...

Congratulations Obama!! Oh my ****ing god, how exciting!! People are looking at me strangely because I've had tears in my eyes all day but a perma-grin on my face. I am SO happy for Obama and his beautiful family. I am SO proud of my country...finally. Traveling the world every summer I see firsthand what the world thinks of America and of Americans. This victory shows the world that Americans are not happy ...

6th October For the most part we wanted to eat nothing but local food on this trip so we decided to see what Sri Lankan breakfast was like. String hoppers (sticky noodles made into small pancakes), Sambol (sort of coconut with chilli), dahl (delicious!) and potato curry. Absolutely delicious and a great way to kick start a long day! We were up at 8am and planning to head to the most northern part of this trip, Anuradhapura. However whilst ...

... King College primary school in the village of Weliveryia about an hour's drive from the capital Colombo. The plan was to use some of the money I had raised to set up a bespoke TV studio, where the pupils could create their own programmes, write their own scripts and generally begin speaking with clipped patrician tones (sort of). In truth English is still the passport to better future prospects in Sri Lanka and this was one teaching method that was certain to engage the kids. The ...

EN: We drove to Polonnaruwa right after visiting Sigiriya, our hotel was quite nice and overlooking lake. The main reason to come here was to visit the ruins of the second Sri Lanken capital, but we also managed to do a jeep safari on the Kaudulla Nature Reserve, which was actually the hightlight of our stay in Polonnaruwa. We saw a lot of wildlife and even managed to see a couple of herds of wild elephants. The ruins of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa ...

... 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 ...