The Trevene
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Kandy
... important objects in all of buddhism, and people come from far away on pilgrimages to this temple. (Apparently only one tooth of the buddha was retrieved after he was cremated.) The tooth has been in Sri Lanka since the 4th century, when it was brought over from India by Princess Hemamali. According to legend the princess smuggled it over hidden in her hair. Over the centuries ownership of the tooth ...
Nuwara Eliya and Whining Karl
... around the bus station. If I lived there I would be drinking heavily too. The cheapest beer in Sri Lanka at 155 LKR a pint at The Pub bar, but it doesn't look like a place that women would want to hang out in. The food in Nuwara Eliya was nothing special. The guide books made a fuss about the Grand Indian but the food was ok, nothing more. I ate as much as I could at the short eats by the bus station- it was the best food in Nuwara Eliya- better tan the over ...
Nuwara Eliya
... and it was a really slow trip, but part of it was just excellent. One of the funny things about the buses here is that the bus attendant has to stop for one minute at every Buiddha statue and bow down to him. I guess that's one of the reasons why I like Christianity so much. There is no hocus pocus. We don't bow down to pictures, statues or crosses. We don't have symbols that protect us. We don't burn anything or bless anything. We're ...
Rain Rain go away
... explained to the owners that I hadn't liked the room and (amazingly) they said that it was fine if we wanted to move out. They didn't want any money or anything!!
So now we're in a beautiful place, with huge bay windows, hot water, clean room and nice people. In fact, as I was walking around yesterday I met a Scottish guy who was travelling with an Aussie and a dutch guy, who invited us for drinks. We had a great time! ...
Something obvious like Sweet Kandy
... off into the jungle to play. There are a cluster of restaurants down at the river, Karu mentioned that his nephew was holding his wedding reception at the one closest to the elephants bathing- would we mind if we droppedinto the wedding party for him to say hello? Why not we thought. We sat down amongst the wedding party with the wedding couple insisting on taking photos with us. The music was loud and there where a lot of very
drunk young men attempting to dance. ...
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