Chaya Village Habarana

... its gardens and various buildings that are still standing, ponds and Banyan real monkeys on all sides, and the famous Buddhas carved into the rock . Molt bonic. <br>Distances have been worse, though not many km cost us hours to get from one place to another, less evil than the landscapes of rice paddies and tea, and natural sites, we took the road less long. Of course the buenisimo Ceylon tea, we have also tried the mango and red bananas and other fruits unknown.

... internet. Mais bizarrement, mauvais feeling, je trouve que le bus n'avance pas tres vite par rapport a ce matin et me dis que le chauffeur est un peu trop prudent.<br>45 mn, apres, je m'etais endormi, le bus s'arrete et tout le monde descend, moi la gueule dans le cul je demande ce qu'il se passe, panne de bus, le moteur a lache. Trop cool, au milieu de rien, sous la pluie, on descend tous et on se fait rembourser une grosse partie du ticket. J'ai encore une bonne ...

... de portables ou je trouve mon bonheur, pour 4 euros quand meme! Lui donne 10 roupies alors qu'il voulait une biere, lui ai dit que c'etait mauvais pour sa sante... Hehe.<br>Internet, puis vais rentrer ecrire quelques cartes postales et lire, et peut etre boire une biere au Lachmi avant ca. Photos demain le pc est trop lent.<br>Bref c'etait une journee assez crevante mais j'ai survecu, ca me fait un bon entrainement pour mon trek de 8 jours au Nepal....<br>Ciao<br>

... been painted many times, leaving little trace of their original form or composure. <br><br>The 1st cave, Devaraja Viharaya, contained a 15m reclining Buddha and is often referred to as the Temple of the King of the Gods. However, the Temple of the Great King, the 2nd cave, is particularly impressive at 52m long, 23m wide and 7m high, it contains 2 of various kings&#8217; statues (Valagamba &amp; Nissankamalla). There&#8217;s a central shrine flanked by attendant ...

... and is pretty cool to check out. Lankarama- Another dagoba though this one has really cool stone leaves carved on top. Ratnaprasada- These are a few original guardstones (and probably oldest in SL) that are still in tact in front of a palace. They are about knee height and the stonework is pretty cool to check out. Samadhi Buddha- This is a fairly tall sitting Buddha. It's one of my more favorite Buddha's because not only is the statue really pretty, but ...

... in terms of height and shape - then you get Sigiriya!! It's easy to see why the ancient Sri Lankans were attracted to Sigiriya - like Ayres rock or Devils tower it's a very distinctive landmark which stands out hugely in the surrounding. However, as we neared Sigiriya it was difficult to spot the hill through the trees, which considering the size of the hill, is quite amazing- the road was very bumpy and at one point we heard two cracks - which we later found to ...

... up. Second, it amazes me how they built the temple at the top and all the hard work they did in doing this. Lastly I would count on seeing the sunrise as an added bonus.If you try and think like this you won't be too disappointed. You can also do some amzing hikes and you can climb up Adam's peak in daytime.Sri Lanka is a great country and traveling in London or New York is much more dangerous. I hate it when ...

Yesterday and today were normal teaching days, though for whatever reason today was a bit of a chore. Me and Jasmine decided we were not tired last night so watched a few DVD's and before we knew it it was 6am! So slightly tired today and i think Jasmine was lucky not to fall asleep in the preschool this morning. Yesterday I had the day off teaching so i headed into town to get a few things - chief task was to try and find the missing ...

After a few lovely days at Bentota Beach it was back to MEF on Thursday to get ready for the weekends clinic. After a few days salt water the wound on my leg was healing (aided by the anti botics I think) On Friday morning 7 of us squeezed our way into the MEF van and headed off to Habarana, the temperature was rising over the trip and as the only air conditioning the MEF has are by opening the windows we were melting when we arrived at the local hotel we were ...

Once picking up Oliver, we headed to visit the ancient cities, Polonawura, Anurandhapura, and Sigiria. I met a wonderful English couple who advised to set up base camp in Habarana, and make day trips to each of the sites. They gave me info for a guest house called Eagle's Wings, and spoke of 'tree houses' and houses on stilts. being the nature lover i am, i was sold (p.s. this place is not in the guidebooks, but you can reach it by asking for the place once in Habarana, Rps ...