Stops: Sigiriya, Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple (Day 67) We decided to do an excursion for the day with a rented car and hired driver. SWP Eco-Lodge hooked us up with an excellent chauffeur and we headed out for a full day of UNESCO World Heritage–and awesomeness up in the sky and below the earth. First,…
Stops: SWP Eco-Lodge, Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) (Days 65-66) The train from Colombo took us through flooded fields and villages and then up and up and up into the central highlands and back into history. Kandy has its fair share of colonial residences, hotels, and churches. But it also has extraordinary nature…
Stop: Sigiriya (Day 67) Just a quick look from the top of an ancient fortress in Sri Lanka. Etsuko and I climbed up hundreds of steps to this ancient fortress on a pillar of granite. More on this later. (But, happy to be back on good enough Internet to upload stuff!)
Stops: Galle Face Hotel, Pettah Market, Number 11 (Days 61-64) A couple of days before heading out to Sri Lanka I started reading “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida” by Shehan Karunatilaka and finished it just as we flew into Bandaranaike International Airport outside Colombo. A taxi from the hotel was waiting to take us…
