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Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla September 7th 2009

As a feedback to my blog, Maggz suggested that I add more of my thoughts and feelings so that I am not just narrating. I’ve always been a little bit hesitant to share my thoughts and feelings because I enjoy listening more than sharing but since you guys are all so close to me, I have nothing to be shy about! I’m happy to be able to write about anything I want now instead of boring business plans so it’s fun again! This entry was inspired by the silence our group had in a discussion with our teacher. He asked a simple question, does anybody have a question or a comment? What followed after was a long silence by everyone. I believe lots of people were anticipating a questions from anybody to break the silence. Some ... read more

Sri Lanka

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla September 4th 2009

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lostbuddha

Alrighty! I’ve been in Sri Lanka for three days now and I must say that I really love this country so far. My mom and dad decided to tag along with me on the first section of my trip and I think it’s great. My dad is the OG adventurer so he’s even more spontaneous and crazy than me, I should learn from him before I depart on my own. The first day we spent it at the capital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. It was a lot more sophisticated than I had originally thought it would be. They had solid infrastructure and pretty good restaurants. Sri Lanka was in constant civil war for the past 18 years until recently, it had finally ended. The past 6 months have been peaceful, meaning no more terrorist attacks. Swee ... read more

There’s Natural Beauty and then there’s Man Made Beauty, but sometimes you get both at the same time.

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla December 10th 2008

Giant Golden Buddha

Afri Teers Overland

The Ancient Cities An early 6am start to my day and my driver Anish was ready and excited about the 2 day trip that he had planned for me. A few days before l had approached a few taxi drivers that operate around the hotel area, with a list of places that l wanted the see whilst in Sri Lanka. After being quoted some of the funniest prices for this trip, l spotted Anish who had taken me a few times into town. I give him the list and his quote, with a hotel room for the night including evening meal and breakfast was still expensive compared to India but in the previous week l had learnt that Sri Lanka is not India and nor are there prices. Our first stop after a 3 hour ... read more

Lion's Rock and Beautiful Buddhas

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla August 12th 2008

The Hat Girls!

Travel Cass

HAPPEEEE BIRTHDAY MUM! :) x Helene's friends Claire and Nicola are lovely :) and they're mad enough to take me with them on a 2day action-packed adventure around Sri Lanka. I'm a little over-excited about having travel companions for a change! We're on a bit of a mission to take in half of Sri Lanka in a very short space of time. In about 36hours we're squashing in some of Sri Lanka's finest sights including ancient Sigiriya, the Dambulla rock caves, and the amazing annual Kandy Perehera festival (a massive street parade with about a thousand Kandian dancers and about 60 elephants). There's no time for sleep on this trip. We take the train from Colombo up to Kandy which is a lovely relaxing trip. The rocking of the train makes you want to sleep but ... read more

Train

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla April 6th 2007

the train

lulur r

The journey through the teaplantations and the jungle. ... read more

Colombo to Dambulla

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla January 29th 2007

Lisa and three young monks

howard and lisa

Colombo to Dambulla Just before midnight we arrived at Sri Lanka's only international airport, north of Colombo, where we were met by Ervin Alphonso - our driver and guide for the next seventeen days. Twenty minutes drive from the airport is the coastal resort of Negombo and we received a warm welcome at the pleasant, minimalist Beach Hotel where we were soon tucked up in bed in our large room overlooking the pool and - through the silhouetted palm trees - the moonlit beach and the Indian Ocean. For thirty years I had been telling myself that I must visit Sri Lanka, but it was the relocation of our friends Ashleigh and Yves Ogier from London to Kandy that provided us with the impetus to actually go. And here we finally were, about to embark on ... read more

Single white female NOT looking for boyfriend!

Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Dambulla January 15th 2007

Mmmm... Beach

Lozzie

Ladies, If you are single, feeling fat, ugly, worthless, just go to Sri Lanka, the Boys will love you! and the coversations usually go like this. Man: Hello Madam, how are you? Me: Fine thankyou! Man:Where from? Me: Australia Man: Ahhh.. good cricket team!! Do you have Boyfriend for husband? Me : No, no! ( at a later date my answer changed to yes, im engaged) Man:Ahhh, why not, such a beautiful lady?? (after this i will get asked a million questions) "can i have your phone number?" Me: Sorry, i would rather not. (I had already made this mistake with a Boy who i wanted to drive me around, i got a text every day) So to all of my male friends back home, you have been my pretend partner at some stage or the ... read more

Brief history of Sri Lanka

The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa...more history

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