Kurulla Villa
Travel Blogs from Unawatuna
A thousand words
There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...
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... book all the necessary transport and tickets and I venture off for somewhere to eat.Now since there are limted places I go to the roti shop across the road.Its a very dingy and dirty place full of mosquitoes and where a couple of sri lankans are devouring curry with grunts all the time glued to the very loud in terms of volume television with a soap opera playing.The owner says there are 4 other people who wish to go to Yala and if I go it will be cheaper so we all set off ...
Enjoying exploring on our own
... t been able to stop at one of the somewhat rare ATMs).
Next was a stop at “Temple Island,” with its hundred-year-old temple and the worst telling of the Buddha story I’ve yet heard. The temple guide (not a monk, mind you) asked for a donation at the end of his disjointed tale and then, when 20 Rs apparently wasn’t enough, asked for more. I played dumb tourist, shook his hand and walked away. We skipped entirely the herb garden tour, feeling disgusted and ...
Tangalla
... end up falling short. On this occasion we hit the jackpot!! But more on that in a minute. We wanted to get out of Unawatuna asap, and the owner of the guest house, who also did trips for tourists in his minivan, offered to take us. More expensive than the bus, but we wanted to see the 'stick fisherman' on the way, and it would have been difficult if we'd have gone by bus. For hundreds of years, the ...
Paradise and the Festival of the Plastic Bowls
... saw anything in any of the bowls - they were always empty. I'm still clueless on this one.)
Other big sellers at the festival were plastic flowers and the weirdest posters you will ever see. Sri Lanka is a beautiful country full of naturally occurring, beautiful exotic flowers of every type and form. So why do Sri Lankans buy big plastic flowers? We saw whole stalls selling nothing but big plastic flowers and people buying them like they were the latest ipod. Also, ...
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