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3rd Stop - Holy Temple of Kataragama
We finally reached the holy temple of Kataragama, the city where religious harmony is present.
The temple itself was not too busy but we had to queue a long time, I think about two hours before we got into the sanctum.
I went around the temple proper from the Manik Gangga river which runs at the entrance of …
The Minibus's tale.
... end of a dir track. It looks a nice house and everyoine jumps out (without a word of thanks I might add) and goes to see a tiny little 3 week old baby! Everyone wants their picture taken with the baby.. the westerners, the teachers even the children have a turn (I think the Irish one was scared he might break the baby so he did not hold it). The baby was the son of a teacher in the school. It was such a nice sight to see.. though it was funny when ...
Going Troppo
... There are signs promoting various tsunami reconstruction projects dotted about, and the beachside restaurant where we had a cold drink had pictures of the devastation they had experienced. Neil closes up a bit and doesn't like to talk about the tsunami - we know he knew people that died that day.
This is cashew nut country. For lunch we snacked on large 'burnt' cashew nuts which are sold along the road. We also stopped to ...
Boat trip through the mangroves
... point if you just floated.
After a few hours in the sea, we headed to lunch at a shack next to the ocean. Awesome food, just slow service. This was the experience of the real tropical Asian food. Spicy ocean fish with loads of vegetables and some Arak, the local liquor. The flavours were fantastic and the feel was genuinely local. Nicely satiated, we found many motor boats parked, ready for a 2 hour tour of the mangroves at a ...
Serenity and good food ....
... some tips here and there. The drive itself was nothing short of fantastic. The road ran next to the ocean for the most part though only for some short stretches did we get a glimpse of the ocean. What we did see was Sri Lankan culture, the shops that lined the streets in multiple towns we passed, lot of army personnel and some temples of Budhha. There were lot of tempting fruits along the way, but we ...
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