Blue Waters Kandalama

... tea, a giant teapot outside a castle type tea factory, more waterfalls & a hydro dam project. We had seperate seats & a Sri Lankan civil engineer chatted to me whilst a mother fed her baby which was resting its head on my arm. All Sri Lankan buses seem to be compulsorily full. Got another bus to Maskaliya & Liz got pigeon holed by the locals this time. We went via the Norwood that is not in S London ...

... rey Kasyapa construyo su fortaleza, y donde despues de subir 2002 peligrosisimos escalones, las vistas desde la roca han sido espectaculares, bajar ha sido otro cantar.
Por ultimo, hemos visitado Polonaruwa (213 km de colombo), un templo del siglo VII, con sus jardines y diferentes construcciones que aun estan en pie, estanques y banyos reales, monos por todos los lados, y los famosos budas cavados en la roca. Molt bonico.
Las distancias han sido ...

... ca 10 euros. Il parlait assez bien francais, comme beaucoup ici, alors je me suis bien foutu de sa gueule...
Bref a la fin, avec le chauffeur, prenons le temps de boire un coup, Fanta bien sur pour moi, avec un feuillete a la patate et legumes extremement epice...
Puis arret au bord du lac et retout en ville pour attendre mon bus. Parlons 15 mn des problemes politiques du pays, de la guerre, de l'armee, car faut voir dans quoi ils vivent les militaires, de ...

... et legumes tres tres epices, une egg cutlet, je peux pas expliquer ce que c'est, et un feuillete a la saucisse de poulet comme on sert en apero chez nous. Monte dans le bus, pire que le matin, et encore une fois je suis debout mais me faufile a l'avant en bousculant un peu tout le monde, et chance au bout de 5mn quelqun descend et tout le monde me laisse m'assoir. Tranquille surtout que je paie 0.50 euros les 75 km, contre 1.50 ce matin (75 roupies contre 260 ...

... in Colombo on time. We were still travelling backwards but this time our seats were right in front of the panoramic window – almost as good as sitting in the front seat on the top deck of the E3 bus in Chiswick.

Back in Chiswick is where I am now, with cold feet covered in cinnamon oil and whole new collection of sparkles. I sit on the top of the E3 bus and remember travelling backwards through the hill country in Sri Lanka.

... were given for the purpose of buildings, what finds had been made and what relationship they had within the complex and a whole raft of other information. It was a breath of fresh air after Chennai’s Government Museum and everyone in there was really interested in all the exhibits. It also provided an excellent background of knowledge, before going out to visit the ruins.

Becoming an important capital from the 11th to the 13th century, the ...

... temples you have to take your shoes off which normally would be fine except there are a lot of outdoor temples with a LOT of walking over hot, hot sand. I seriously burned several layers of skin off my feet before I just gave in and wore my socks everywhere. It's funny watching people try to run to shade and hop about to dealing with the ridiculously hot ground until you have to deal with it. Hehe ;) One of the things I have noticed throughout SL is the ...

... broke loose! It was a monkey gang fight! There were monkeys falling out of trees, biting, shrieking and running amok! After about 3 minuets one of the troupes ran away and the fight was over. The winning group took over the tree I was under! I should have grabbed the nearest monkey and kicked it's ass so they would let me in their gang......but I froze....Im so STUPID.........I missed my chance!

... the rocks. After exploring the gardens we're led through an entrance and start the steps which will eventually take us to the top. The guide tells us that there are about 1,250 steps - we didn't count. In ancient times they would have scaled the rock using ropes - I'm glad there are steps. It's hot and some of the steps are narrow, some are steep, some have handrails - most dont......other locals wait around to help you up (for a tip of course) but our driver ...

... go with only a few weeks left and the excitement really building and the reality begins setting in and the feeling of 2 years hard work finally coming into place. This is it, this is really it! Everything is perfect! Or so we thought... Jules text all of the rastrick and brighouse team for an emergency meeting. We were told the devastating news that Jules could not come to sri lanka with us due to a medical problem. Our hearts dropped! Jules is the one that started this ...