Kandy
We climbed uphill to Dambulla, sacred caves filled with Buddha statues. Next stop was Kandy. On way we stopped at Matale Muthumariamman temple (250 LKR), eating in some kind of local fast food (biryani)...
Monthly Archive: March 2017
Sigiriya
After breakfast we went to Sigiriya rock (3750 LKR/person), slowly in a crowd we went up, Danijela had some problems with vertigo on one of the steps. The whole experience was nice, but it...
Polonnaruwa
After breakfast we went to Polonnaruwa (3500 LKR/person), most of the day we were around temples with guide (3000 LKR). Had one pause, went to eat at rural tourism, buffet with curry, beer and...
Pigeon island
In the morning we went to Pigeon Island for snorkeling (15800 LKR tickets, boat, guide, equipment). It was one of the highlights, nice corrals, small sharks and colorful fish. After others stayed in the...
Hospital
Next day the rest of the group visited me and it was obvious it was not the Dengue virus, but while there was no dr they left and I stayed until evening. Also, the...
Trincomalee
In the morning fever was back. After breakfast (took just a few bananas and tea) we went to the hospital (modern, clean), me (pressure 90/70, 38,5C), Max and Shanaka went to dr. All of...
Jaffna
Woke up with fever, wet from rain on A/C done its job. After breakfast we went to Mihintale (500 LKR/person), I climbed to both stupas, for more didn’t have energy. Shanaka went to town...
Anuradhapura
Another night with bad sleep, we changed places from the previous night, A/C was blowing directly into me. After breakfast, we met with Shanaka (called him Chanaka for 2 days) driver with Toyota van...
Colombo
Sleep was far from good, Max woke up a few times, then Luka woke me for breakfast (buffet; spicy omelette, juice and fruits), nice view of the port from the restaurant. While others were...
Flight to Sri Lanka
After not much sleep I had breakfast, sister took me to station for GoOpti ride (11€/person, Danijela got some discount). We were late for 7:30 departure because my sister took ‘shortcut’ through the tunnel....