Vil Uyana Sigiriya
Vil Uyana, Rangirigama Sigiriya, 0094, Sri Lanka
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Road Signs
Our official activities for the day were to visit Yapahuwa and Kaudulla Park (where we saw a herd of elephants!). But really most of the day was spent in the car, on the road from Colombo to the "Cultural Triangle" and around. Driving through a new country is one of those frustrating experiences where you want to take a picture of everything, but …
Rock On
So we have this rockin' villa that looks out over a pond. This morning Dan spotted a peacock sitting in a tree just off our deck. Until I came to Sri Lanka, it had never quite sunk in that peacocks sit in trees. I'd seen paintings to that effect, but always assumed it was an artistic flight of fancy.
Today we visited Sigiriya Rock and …
Singing in the rain
Yesterday we got up and it was completely raining outside, you know the real summer rains where it was coming down hard and you didn't want to get out of bed. Anyhow we got up and the rain started to die down which was nice because we didn't want the day to be completely rained in. We ate, met up with JJ and started off on our car ride.
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An ancient rock fortress, Cave Temple and Safari!
... same thing happen to a local women. In the caves we saw gorgeous buddha sculptures, paintings and smelt hypnotic flowers and incense, the caves had such an incredible atmosphere that can't be captured in a photograph, had to be there to be truly experienced.
I find the same goes with a lot of the things I've seen, felt, smelt, sensed in Sri Lanka, photos don't do it justice it's such a beautiful place and is a multi sensory ...
Climbing the Rock Fortress and Polonnaruwa
... a legitimate son he killed his father. Mogallana the true heir fled to India vowing to revenge his father’s death and Kaspaya fearing an invasion built the rock fortress at Sigiriya.
To get to the rock you walk through beautiful water gardens that are thought to be some of the oldest landscaped gardens in the world. They contain an elaborate system of underground water conduits that supply water to the pools and there are even fountains.
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