Vil Uyana Sigiriya

... nom est William et est en Inde depuis plus d'un an maintenant, et ses parents voulaient le voir donc il leur a dit de venir au Srilanka pour pas qu'ils galerent de trop.. Bref bien sympa on a parle une bonne vingtaine de minutes puis suis descendu voir mon tuc tuc. Je n'ai toujours pas mange depuis la veille 15h a Pizza Hut, ni bu quoi que ce soit. Je me rue sur une boutique et achete de l'eau et du Fanta, mais ne trouve rien a manger. Me dis que je vais manger a ...

... lounge with table, tv and fridge. It is the place to stay in Sigirya as was run by a lovely family with fabulous food - best meal in sri lanka!!!<br><br>We went to the Sigirya Rest for a drink and break from the midday sun before going to climb the rock.<br><br>We bought our $25 tickets, walked through the gardens and started to climb the massive rock...which started with many steps... the views were amazing... next came a man made ...

... br><br>Eventually the path leads out into an open area, where 2 huge lion paws sit either side of some steps (hence it being called Lion Rock). A huge brick lion used to sit upright against the rock, so that the final ascent to the summit necessitated climbing stairs that led up and thro&#8217; the lion&#8217;s mouth. After climbing another number of metal steps against the rock face, a flat summit area of 1.6ha shows loads of evidence of a plethora of building ...

... as lunch time was starting and since the ground was at its hottest, we hopped about trying to find some shade and the rushed out to get our shoes. This was when I finally gave in to wearing socks the rest of our tour through the Ancient Cities. Brazen Palace- This was all fenced off so you could only see in through the fence. It was basically a ton of stone pillars surrounding a bronze covered palace. Ruvanvelisya Dagoba- This is probably the coolest big ...

... a few others think it was a fortress. I got there early and was once again surrounded by hundreds of Sri Lankan school kids on a field trip. I scampered up the the stairs, checked out the historic wall frescos, snapped a picture by the lions paws and worked my way to the top. I was really not that impressed.... yeah it was kinda cool but 25 bucks cool?....am I getting jaded from seeing to many sites? Well at least I ...

... and frescoes of nudey ladies halfway up. What's not for this party-hardy Banksy-enthusiast to love? Many of the frescoes have now been 'rubbed out' but historians believe that the entire rockface was covered with them at one point - like a giant gallery of really artistic boobs visible from miles away. It's accepted fact that their destruction came at the hands of puritanical monks in 1967, but a source close to Tom - the magical 93 year ...

... a 7 storey building. Next up was a large temple area with most devoted to the Buddha tooth - 5/6 temples and stupas, amazing carvings of dwarves, horses, elephants, buddhas, etc. Shoes off, hat off, walk across the hot stones....dress again, next temple, repeat. There was also a temple in the Cambodian style which really did smack of Ankor Wat. The next stop was again a real highlight of the holiday - we wandered through a tat market and along a causeway to find ...

... day together, they never run out of things to say to each other (apart from DVD night when, like all eleven year olds the world over, they sit in rapt silence watching 'Transformers' for the eleven billionth time) It was truly very sad saying goodbye. My final port of call was a trip to Sigiryia, which boasts that it is the 'Eighth Wonder of the World' and its not hard to disagree. It's an ancient rock fortress north of the beautiful city of Kandy and should be on everyone's ...

... had some time, we went to the nearby lake to watch the sunset, from there we also had a nice view of the Sigiriya rock. On the way back we could see some funny mini tree houses built by the farmers. They sleep there at night to watch over the rice fields and use fire crackers to scare away hungry elephants trying to feed on their rice. Next day we woke up really early and by 6.30am we were already walking to the Sigiriya site (no breakfast ...

... he would have won only he was so lazy that he didn't turn up... Anyway... the system moves so slowly that there are 250 people waiting for judgement and more are added all the time. Conditions in the prison are awful with up to 50 prisoners squeezed into a space for 20 at the most and locked in their cells for 12 hours from 6 to 6. Compared to our prisons it was hard to look at. On Friday night, me and Jasmine had a camp out in the school ...