Tourmaline Hotel Kandy
over looking the breathtaking Hantana, near the Topaz Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Kandy Adventure, as much as you can fit in 1 day!!
... country like Sri Lanka can be a bit hair raising, narrowly missing trucks, cars, stray dogs and other Tuk Tuks, you sort of have to just relax and try not to think about it too much, this is how they drive here and they seem to rarely have accidents. Ive gotten fairly used to it already after a couple of days. Were actually loving the tuk tuks, such a quick, cheap and easy way of getting around in a country were its not so easy to get around without them.
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Arugam Bay, Tissa and Ella
... over a huge waterfall and was the most laid back and beautiful place. On our second day there we went for a hike up to Ella rock which is 2500m above sea level and has some amazing views over the valleys and tea plantations. It was quite a hike and we had ...
Kandy – Sweet Tooth Temple
... be Sathdantha elephants, meaning that all seven parts of their body must touch the ground when they stand upright. The seven parts are the four legs, trunk, tail and the …..! What a beast!
Feeling suitably uplifted after our temple visit we floated down into town to the Devon restaurant which had been highly recommended. On the ground floor is a bakery, living up to its’ name. Kandy is full of bakeries, and it was ...
Sigiriya and the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage
... returned to the car park he was nowhere to be seen. It was then that the realisation set in that here we were in the middle of nowhere, all our money, credit cards, camera equipment, phones, passports and clothes were in the car. At the beginning you remain reasonably calm as there is no reason why he would drive off without us but as the time went on we became more worried. However, just when alarm was beginning to set in he pulled up having been to fill up at ...
Elephants & Flim Flams
... to save his seat for his mate or whether to move down the carriage, so I jumped in behind him and put our bags on the seat – they’re mine now matey! Grey couldn’t believe that I’d managed to get seats and on the best side of the carriage for the trip over the mountainsJ. This was a true scenic trip, the big diesel engine, people hanging from the doors, tea plantations, mountains, waterfalls – truly an amazing train ride. Often ...



