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Tissamaharama to Colombo After packing our bags in Tissamaharama, it was back into the car for our final destination, Colombo. Galle En route to Colombo we made a stop in Galle. If it weren’t for a lack of vacation time (this was my second trip this summer, after my Rhine River cruise), we definitely would […]
Nuwara Eliya to Tissamaharama From Nuwara Eliya we headed back down the hillside towards Tissamaharama and Yala National Park. Just a few minutes out-of-town we made our first stop of the day at Seetha Amman Temple. This temple is where Sita was held captive by King Ravana, and where she prayed daily for her husband Rama to come and […]
Kandy to Nuwara Eliya The drive to Nuwara Eliya from Kandy is about 2 hours through tea country. It is one tourists often make a few stops on. Our first stop was at Glenloch Tea Estate, where we took a tour of the tea making facility and then got to taste and buy tea. This […]
As our time in Sigiriya can to an end, it was time to jump in the car for the 2.5 hour ride to Kandy. On the way, we stopped at Heritage Spices and Herbs Garden. We were guided through the gardens, showing us the Ayurvedic uses of the many items grown on the premises. The […]
The second day of action in Sri Lanka was an adventure. First was a hike to the top of one of Sri Lanka’s most famous archaeological sites, Sigiriya. Sigiriya Sigiriya is a rock plateau, 200 meters in height, with near vertical walls. To get to the top, one most traverse about 1200 steps. It is quite […]
