Polonnaruwa Resthouse

... Bref nous voila parti, avec Fangio au volant, jamais ete aussi vite en bus ici. Pour preuve, on a mis 30 mn de moins qu'hier pour arriver a Dambulla, situe a 75km de kandy, soit 2 h au lieu de 2h30... Arrive sans encombre a Polonnaruwa vers 11h10, me prends la tete avec des tuc tucs qui veulent m'arnaquer, en essayant de me vendre des tickets deja usages, heureusement la bible qu'est le Lonely Planet nous previent de ce genre d'arnaques... Leur dis donc que je loue ...

A day looking around the ancient site for 750 for a tuk tuk for the morning and $25 entry to the sites.<br><br>We had a sri lankan breakfast of a hopper (rice pancake) with lentil and potato curry, roti and a pot of tea and we were set for the day. The ruins are on one dirt road and we saw all the sites in our own time in 3 hours. As usual we did not have a guide we just listened to what the tuk tuk ...

... journey to a guesthouse recommended by a rickshaw driver (5kms away!!), I eventually found some reasonable digs in good proximity to the sights and bus station. I found a good local café nearby and after more snacks and tea, slept like a baby!<br><br>The following morning I took the bus to Sigiriya. It&#8217;s not the easiest of places to get to from Pollunaruwa, but there are direct buses from Dambulla. With Dambulla being the next place I wanted to visit, it ...

... last meal at our favorite restaurant. The next morning we got up bright and early to start our next adventure. While we were sad to leave the cool weather of Kandy behind, we knew Adam's Peak had some pretty chilly nights as well and were ready for our next adventure. Things we checked out (scroll down for pix and videos): Matale: Sri Muthumariamman Thevasthanam - This was a quick stop just about an hour outside Kandy. We had just missed their festivities ...

... 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 ...

... the state of our union and that it's time for a change. I'm sorry if you are/were a McCain fan, he fought a great battle, but in the end, I believe, America has chosen the best candidate for the job. I stayed at a guesthouse with a tv so can wake up early in the morning to watch the polls closing and the results come in. Sri Lanka is 11.5 hours later than Chicago time. I woke up at 5:30 AM, turned on the ...

... our bags the hostel owners came into our room looking worried and informed us that a bomb had just gone off there a couple of hours ago! A quick look on the net showed it was quite serious (link) so we altered our plans and decided to head to Polonnaruwa instead. We grabbed a tuk-tuk from the hostel to the bus station before boarding a bus towards Polonnaruwa. The bus station was rather confusing and we ending up trusting the judgement of ...

... itself is one of the biggest achievements of the charity to date. In the space of just over four years it has risen from nothing and now accomodates a staggering 850 pupils, mostly drawn from the local Christian community - though Buddhist children are also welcome. After a shopping expedition to the local town we located all the neccessary set dressing including yards of blue fabric for our backdrop, backlights, mountains of pens and paper and last but not least possibly the ...

... back to the 10th century, are also quite impressive and worth visiting. The Buddha statues carved in the rock, although smaller then we thought, were quite nice. It was really hot in Polonnaruwa. PT: Após visitarmos Sigiriya, dirigimo-nos a Polonnaruwa, onde ficamos num hotel bastante acolhedor e com vista sobre um lago. A principal razão que nos levou a Polonnaruwa foi visitar as ruínas da 2a capital histórica do Sri Lanka, mas acabamos por também fazer ...

... pekle. Nejhur na tom byli lhari, alkoholici a prostitutky. Dalsi zastavka byla v zahrade bylin a koreni a mistni pruvodce byl neskutecne nudnej, takze jsme byli radi, kdyz jsme mohli konecne vypadnout, a vyrazili jsme smer Dambulla (cestou jsme jeste stihli jednu rychlovku v Nalanda Gedige). Dambulsky skalni chram byl postaven v 10.-12. stoleti a je vpodstate take vyhlouben do skaly a tvori ho nekolik jeskyn a pristavku. Stoji na desne vysokem kopci ...