Blogs from Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka, Asia - page 9

21st Feb - High Knuckles Mountain Range and Tea Plantations Today we got up early for a one day walk in the mountains. The place where we were walking is called Knuckles. We had to go in the van up a ginormous hill. It was full of pot holes and very bumpy. We kept climbing up all the time and we saw lots of school children. We walked past thousands of tea bushes. After we walked through all the tea we kept going up and up. When we got to a river it was a relief because we drank a lot. Half way was 1570m above sea level. Some of the time was disgusting because there are these worms called leeches, they suck your blood and they are really quick, and easily get up your leg. ... read more

16th Feb - I am writing this at our lodge as 50+ monkeys pass through the garden. It was another start to an amazing day.Today we went to the town, it was so busy. We went into the local market. It was where all the local people went to buy their food. Everything was so fresh; fruit, meat, spices, vegetables. Traders wanted us to try and buy. We bought some mangoes, one only cost 20p. In the evening we went to a traditional dance show. I really like the masks and the fire walking finale. Sophie Today I went to the market in a stuffy bus. When we got there, there was lots of fruit, veg, spices, and lots of disgusting meat like cow guts. After we went to a lake where I saw a monitor ... read more

No commentary, just some more pictures from the Botanical Gardens in Kandy.... read more

After a 2 hour flight delay we arrived in Sri Lanka at 1:30am. Thankfully the driver we had arranged was waiting for us, and quickly whisked us off to our guesthouse in Negombo. The town itself isn’t that great, but it’s close to the airport and suited our needs. We hopped in a tuk tuk the next day to find a sim card for our phone. The driver was really sweet, although communication was an issue. If we asked him a question he didn’t understand (or know the answer to), he would simply wobble his head. Quite endearing. We popped out for dinner to a local restaurant and saw curry and fried rice on the menu so opted for that. Oh my god! The world’s biggest portion of rice appeared on one of those catering trays ... read more

Hallo, ich wuensche Euch allen auf diesem Weg ein frohes und besinnliches Weihnachtsfest, oder besser gesagt zum jetztigen Zeitpunkt noch eine schoene Adventszeit und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr. Geniesst die Feiertage, tankt auf und hoffentlich etwas Zeit zur Besinnung.... Mir gehts weiterhin sehr gut, einen ausfuehrlicheren Blogeintrag werde ich in den naechsten Wochen wieder mal machen. Aber in aller Kuerze, bin nach 6 schoenen Wochen in Indonesien (Java, Bali und Lombok) nun in Sri Lanka fuer 10 Tage, in Kandy, im Zentrum, um ein neues indisches Visum zu bekommen. Morgen bekommen wir Gewissheit, ob und wenn ja fuer wie lange. Sollte aber klappen, besonders da die Visa-Bestimmungen zumindest zwischen zwei Indienbesuchen und -Visas angeblich gelockert wurden, was ein Glueck. Muss einfach klappen, da wir bereits einen Flug fuer Donnerstag nach Indien, Trivandrum im Suede ... read more