Swiss Residence Kandy

... virage.... Ils ont pas l'air plus malin que les indiens ici... Par contre les filles sont mignonnes, en Inde aussi, mais elles ont l'air plus detendues ici a premiere vue....<br>Bon sinon j'ai une chambre pas trop pourrie avec une peite vue sur le lac, et sur les montagnes environnantes, pour 1000 roupies srilankaises, ca fait a peu pres 6 euros, alors qu'il en voulait pour 2000 roupies.... Pas folle la guepe, il n'y a aucun touriste ici, c'est la ...

... costumes, jewellery, Buddhist ware, kitchen ware, household items and so on. There were some stuffed formaldehyde exhibits that fascinated the schoolchildren, but left me cold! It was worth a quick visit, but returning around the other side of the lake was better!<br><br>My time in this gorgeous part of Sri Lanka had come to an end and I collected my things to take the bus to Nuwera Eliya &#8211; a stunning Hill Station right in the centre of the southern part of the island

... a hotel. In Negombo itself I visited ruins of an old Dutch fortress (almost nothing to see except a gate), a dirty beach and saw oruvas (outrigger fishing boats) sail out the harbour. Back in my guesthouse I slept quite early and long. From Negombo I took a bus to Chilaw, where I changed for a bus to Puttalam. Here I had to wait almost two hours for a bus with space in the heat of the day. I arrived at my final destination Anuradhapura late afternoon. The buses are really cheap ...

... went through offered superb views over the countryside. Wow. Temple 3 was even more interesting - a drumming temple. Lots of timber columns supported the roof structure that was said to look like a pheasant. The columns had amazing carvings on them. The inner temple itself was a small and gaudy . Just outside this temple we saw our second penguin - inflatable ones on a stall. Next up was a funny lunch - the only other group were a family from ...

... plus adults climbing over each other, head-butting and apparently trying to drown each other. They splash, wrestle push and slap at one another like kids in a paddling pool. The control exercised by the mahouts is subtle, dozens of them wander over to the far bank of the river for a dust bath, climb out on the far side and trot of downstream for some fresh fodder. There are no fences but they all seem to come back of their own accord. Several reclined completely into the ...

... high-kicking leaps and dervish-like whirling pirouettes which made me feel dizzy just sitting in the audience. Finally, the dancers completed the show with some fire walking. I was pretty impressed until some over-eager stagehand splashed too much fuel onto the hot coals leaving me checking my eyebrows for singeing from the resultant ball of flames (I was in the front row)!

... bank with a massive shotgun. He doesn't have a sling for it, or any particular path that he follows, he just kind of wanders around with the gun resting on his shoulder and pointed at the ceiling, looking like he's waiting to blow a 5-inch hole in something. There's another guard posted in the street, who's an actual soldier in fatigues with his special forces badges and a sleek little machine gun, but the old guy inside looks infinitely more badass. Awesome...

... row on the sidewalk. When an elephant took a **** I have to lift up my bag and if they make a big pooh.... someone comes and moves it closer to the sidewalk where people are sitting, you don't want to be sitting there! Left aligned photo tag: Also, all through the procession men carry buckets of burning coconuts! So again you must look out for ashes and it smells! All this put together, the constant sound of the drums ...

... in my hand" before the nurse jabbed me in the neck and I lost my thread somewhat ) Even though I am staying on here an extra week to finish the first section of my treatment I found out I am still going to require more injections in the UK with my final dose in July. The really positive news for me is that the dog that bit me is still in good health and neither of us have started foaming at the mouth or avoiding water. After the hospital we needed to go back into central ...

... instead of using balls you use disks, and the disks are all racked at the centre of the small table. Darren, being a professional pool player, beat the best local there and made a right upset. After a storm passed, we jumped on our scooters and made our way back slowly to town in the dying headlights of our very dodgy scooters. As hard a it was to leave the picture postcard beach of Hikkaduwa, it was time to make our next move. Plan was to get the train back up to Colombo, then stay ...