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Sinharaja to Galle - and on our own
Last day of the trip. Rain cleared. Breakfast of string hoppers etc before bird watching and leaving at 9. Stanley stopped for Jaggery and treacle. Beautiful drive throug tea plantations, rubber and rice paddies in first part - road very poor and water damaged. Joined new coastal expressway towards end of journey . Flash motorway opened last year …
A thousand words
There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...
9 dage i Sri Lanka
... gå, men de er der hver eneste dag.... Hele dagen.... Og måske også hele deres barndom.... Det knuser mit hjerte at tænke på det, så man skal ikke tænke for meget, man skal bare tage sig af dem og gøre hvad man kan, når man er der.... Også selvom det kun er som en dråbe i havet. Idag torsdag var jeg tilbage hos de små babyer, men en del af dem er begyndt at hoste en del og er småsyge, så ...
Day 29 - Temples, Tea and a Tuk Tuk
RQ A day of sightseeing and a bit of "look see" with our new friend Mr Gayan around the broader Galle area today, who picked us up promptly after a top breaky at Deco, and we headed off for our second day in Sri Lanka, an amazing place for sure. We first went to visit a Buddhist temple called Yatagala Raja Maha Virharaya, "the Temple in the Cave", a place where novices and monks have been practicing and learning for over 1,500 years, and there is even a Bodhi ...
Day 28 - Tally Ho....Onward to Sri Lanka
... in this part of the world, without it the society would be a complete unstructured mental madhouse I reckon, a bit like the middle east. If you are ever so inclined, go to Wat Pho for a good few hours in Bangkok, not far at all from BTS Saphin Taksin, and hire one of the official guides inside the temple (not one of the comedians outside), and get them to take you through the temples and to describe each section of the story which is just beautifully ...
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