The Senani Hotel Kandy

... il y en a dans toutes les rues, et specialement devant ce temple, car en 98 les Tigres Tamouls ont fait un attentat qui a detruit une partie du temple, mais qui, dans le meme temps, a fait decouvrir trois epaisseurs de fresques sur certains murs, bref ce militaire, me dit que je peux pas rentrer en shorts... Interloque, je fais demi tour et decide de ne pas revenir visiter ce temple, ca leur apprendra a etre tolerants! Marche le long du temple pour tenter de prendre des photos ...

... there were 2 tickets (altho’ we were asked for the total amount as one ticket): one for 750 rupees for the sanctuary and one for 500 rupees for the river!!

I returned from Pinnewala to the lovely Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, with the heavens opening just after we’d entered. Cultured and developed since 1371, the gardens were properly formed in 1821 by the English and nurtured ever since. Occupying a long stretch of peninsula with the Mahaweli ...

... my guest house. I would like to think I taught him to swim.....but I'm pretty sure doggy paddling comes naturally.... Since my time in Sri Lanka was almost over I wanted to check out Colombo's night life. Nightlife does not really exists anywhere else in Sri Lanka because women are not aloud to mix at bars or clubs. Colombo is pretty much the only place this ...

Hello everybody! My last entry was from Bangkok in Thailand and I since then I have been in a few other countries, so it's time again for a new entry. From Bangkok - as I mentioned before in my last entry - Peony flew back to Guangzhou in China. After a few days with a friend in Guangzhou she took another flight to Sanya. Here she found work immediately (arranged while we were travelling). She is helping young western (rich) kids doing activities like hiking, surfing, snorkelling ...

... was lovely. They have a band which cover western hits and perform some Sri Lankan stuff - they wander table to table playing to people - we manage to avoid them. Michelle and Sam are here again and gone done by the band - sadly on a trip to Lucky Spice Garden Michelle had gone over on her ankle and had a trip to Hospital! - now hobbling with a cane. After the meal the 4 of us found some nice seats in reception and sit around chatting before ...

... decided to make the four kilometre treck to visit Pereniya Royal Botanical Gardens on our last day in Kandy we were again saved from drowning by unexpected events. We missed all 147 acres, the 5000 plant species, and rare collection of orchids, spices and medicinal herbs. For the third day in a row play was abandoned because of rain. Well, at least play of the outdoor variety we still managed a couple of jars in the bar of The Queens Hotel easily preferable to orchids any day.

... are smaller particles known as "fannings" (BOPF) and even finer residue, unappetizingly described as "dust". By early afternoon we finally arrived at Kandy, set amidst precipitous green hills at the heart of the island. Kandy is the proud bastion of an independent Sinhalese tradition which preserved its freedom through two and a half centuries of attacks by the ...

... only get me as far as Delhi... every time I suggested a different airline or route, the agent sighed heavily, every twitch exuding apathy. Luckily in my own wandering I found a place that could put all the pieces together for me at a decent rate. A lot of the airlines that fly to and from Kathmandu or Colombo don't sell tickets for those locations online for some reason... so I actually needed to go through an agent, and I was fortunate enough to find one ...

... elephants and small animals, an outside elephant examination area (you would need a flipping big table if we tried to put it inside!) a library and research area, on site laboratory an office. All off the buildings are separate but interlinked and have a balcony outside but the most amazing part is that they are all to be made of natural materials not an ounce of concrete or bricks in sight. The base will be made of local rubble, the walls by traditional clay materials. All ...

... there. The festivities went well on into the night, everyone danced and sang, even the English girl had her dancing shoes on after we were given more and more Arrack. I don't remember getting back to the hotel, but I do remember waking up to a filthy hangover, and the sting of a thousand mozzie bites. I must have tried with the mosquito net and given up because when I woke up it was wrapped around both my legs. I tried to get up and urinate during the night, but the wet patch below the ...