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Travel Blogs from Kalutara
De retour à Colombo
... de Chettinad est très très aromatique et épicée mais ce sont des saveurs indiennes assez méconnues pour nous. Le piquant vient plutôt du poivre, du gingembre et du cumin et non des piments chilis. Et les autres épices importantes dans cette cuisine régionnale sont les câpres séchés, l'anis étoilé, le tamarin et le kalpasi, un lichen connu sous le nom anglophone de black stone flower. C'était assez particulier !!!
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Beach Hotels in Sri Lanka
Beach Hotels in Sri Lanka are ideal for those who love to spend their vacation by the sea. Sri Lanka is home to a large numbers of beach hotels which attracts a large number of tourists each year. Sri Lanka is known as the island of serendipity, a beautiful small country which has a tropical weather prevailing throughout the year. Beach hotels in sri lanka are high demanded as the sun shining beaches are all over the country.
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Udawalawe National Park and the City of Gems
... We also spotted a Grey-headed Fish Eagle on the lookout for a meal. The dead teak trees, remains of the teak plantation that used to be here made wonderful perches for the birds. It also made for an unusual landscape. There were also large groups of Painted Stork as well as numerous Kingfishers.
There were many Water Buffalo in the park some of these have bred with the domestic cattle here, so it was difficult to see which were the wild one. The guide said he could ...
Galle and the 2004 tsunami
... quite dark the waters looked almost inky black in colour.
We had seen quite a few kites being flown since we had been in Sri Lanka but it was quite a surprise to see a Union Jack one on the boat trip. There it was floating over the river but we couldn’t see who was flying it. It just seemed rather surreal.
Sri Lanka is an important place for turtles and our next stop was one of the many turtle hatcheries in the area. There are ...
'Little England' - tea country
... a couple of batiks of the elephant carrying the tooth relic casket. You could buy all kinds of things made from batik including shirts, but they were a little too colourful to appeal to Andy or the boys.
On the road we spotted a truck carrying one of the elephants from the Kandy festival, it seemed incredibly strange that they could be transported so easily this way.
The route to Nuwara Eliya was beautiful and so green it really could be England except when you looked ...
Location
Other places to stay in Kalutara
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Tangerine Beach Hotel
Abrew Drive Waskaduwa, Kalutara | 3 star hotelfrom $96 -
The Sands by Aitken Spence Hotels
Kudawaskaduwa. Waskaduwa, Kalutara | 3 star hotelfrom $116- Excellent Beach Hotel
- FANTASTIC!!!
- Good in parts but not for those sensitive to smells or poor air con.
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Royal Palms Beach Hotel
De Abrew Drive, Kalutara | 4 star hotelfrom $120- Fünf Sterne Hotel
- Oh Dear
- Lovely Place, Enthusiastic Staff
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Kani Lanka Resort & Spa
St. Sebastian's Road, Kalutara | 4 star hotelfrom $96- Have a lazy time in kani lanka (Allan & Sue. Sutton Coldfield)
- Great relaxing holiday!
- Lock up your valuables
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Hotel Hibiscus Beach
Mahawaskaduwa, Kalutara | 2 star hotelfrom $77
