The Palace Negombo
No 68, Colombo Road, Negombo, Sri lanka Negombo, TR6 0JQ, Sri Lanka
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Have you ever seen a Mongoose? I have.
... that after a few arracks!) We purchased a round ticket which included all of the above apart from Dambulla and also numerous museums around Sri Lanka. The ticket cost 5550slr, which isn't cheap compared to India but we wouldn't come all this way and not visit the main attractions! The highlights for us were firstly, the Dambulla caves which contained many painted Buddha's and statues. And secondly, climbing Sigiriya Rock ...
Farewell to Sri Lanka
... then headed to Sigiriya, probably Sri Lanka’s most famous tourist attraction, an ancient village at the top of a huge mountain. We, not so cleverly, made this climb at mid day without ...
Time For Some Homework On Sri Lanka
... nice, relaxed with a couple of other western travellers. We were also right slap bang on the beach, although the waves cenrtainly meant there was to be no morning swim. We strolled up the beach a little, then walked into the town. I'm imaging Sri Lanka to be our training for India. In parts a similar culture, look (this is guesswork obviously), but a much more laid back way of life. As we went into the town we were greeted with smiles and waves, and naturally the onslaught of eager ...
Negombo
... Ryanair!
Once we arrived we realised why the guard had asked us if this was our last stop as literally only 12 people out of the entire 300 on the flight entered the country, the rest were all in transit and moving on. We found this really weird! Our driver was waiting to collect us and as we made our way out of the airport it seemed that literally every man was staring at Jen. We expected there to be some staring, naturally, but nowhere near this bad. ...
The longest day of my life
... Along the way we stopped and sipped sweet, milky tea and fuelled up on milo. It was cold -- a chilling 15 or 20 degrees (indeed it felt cold) and dark, and each step was unpredictable -- each a different height than the last. From short, shallow steps to tall, deep steps, it was taxing to say the least. About 1 hour from the top, the path became increasingly narrow and we had to squeeze by the slower pilgrams. Many of the pilgrims were old, many without shoes.One woman, who I ...


