Amaya Hills

... , Desa greeted us as we emerged hot and sticky from the train. We drove through the bustling town of Kandy to our hotel, the Amaya Hills, sitting high above the town on a cliff.   From our balcony we could see across the valley to the undulating ...

... in my eagle's nest of a hotel, Dambullas landscape is more arid and offers wider views. The hotel itself is very different from Amaya Hills. Even when just arriving the atmosphere is more like in a holiday resort and my bungalow is No. 1, so short ways ...

... a few laughs as she keeps snagging at my ring until I switch it to the other hand. After a steambath, also more spacious than at Amaya Hills, and a herbal bath with a view and legroom to stretch, since this is no corner tub but a full length one, I am ...

I'll just lump all of my Ayurveda treatments in the Amaya Hills Resort in this entry even though the various treastments happened on consecutive days. A first the doctor took a look at me, took my blood pressure and my pulse, asked a couple of general ...

... and I am taken there at 8:30 a.m. in style by the hotel van. Embarrassingly I had passed the temple on my transfer from Amaya Hills but had failed to notice the frickin' huge golden Buddha right next to the turn off to Amaya Lake. Seriously, this Buddha ...

... ambush me all the damn time, just turning basically any corner, including my own bathroom. The hotel is located high in the hills above the town proper. The lobby is open on three sides with seating arranged for maximum enjoyment of the view across the ...

... food wasn't great, but I did try Mountain Dew for the first time, which im now addicted to!! Its sooo good. Claire, Amaya, Caroline and I discovered bottles of Ernest & Gallo White Zinfindel for $2.99 (which is like £1.50) so we stocked up and ...

... Alps in the distance.  Then on a rainy day took off for Dunedin and to visit some friends Jessame, Vince and their daughter Amaya.  No problems on the roads, driving on the left and all, probably helped to have a right hand drive truck back ...