Travel Day 1122 – Anuradhapura, SRI LANKA Today was another day and it was a big one for me as I was attempting to see as much as possible of the UNESCO enlisted Sacred City of Anuradhapura… Anuradhapura had been the sacred capital of the Sinhalese kingdoms since the 4th BC but unfortunately during its […]
Ancient Dagobas of Anuradhapura
Travel Day 1121 – Polonnaruwa to Anuradhapura, SRI LANKA After my almost ruin free day yesterday in Polonnaruwa, today I was off to the next ruined capital, named Anuradhapura… Anuradhapura was actually the oldest, biggest and grandest of all the ancient capitals in Sri Lanka. The ruined leftovers of Anuradhapura were of course also a […]
Buddha and more Polonnaruwa Ruins
Travel Day 1120 – Polonnaruwa, SRI LANKA After my busy day of seeing all the many ruins of Polonnaruwa yesterday, I really didn’t feel like doing much today and I really didn’t feel like seeing more ruins… Overall it seemed to me that the only place I visited yesterday that couldn’t be considered a ruin […]
UNESCO Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
UNESCO Cave Temples of Dambulla
Travel Day 1118 – Sigiriya to Dambulla to Polonnaruwa, SRI LANKA It would have been no problem to spend a week by the fascinating Rock City of Sigiriya and to cycle around while making mew discoveries, but because there were so many other sights in the Cultural Triangle, I rather decided to carry on… My […]
UNESCO Ancient Rock City of Sigiriya
Travel Day 1117 – Sigiriya, SRI LANKA It was finally the big day of visiting what was probably the most hyped site of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle, the UNESCO enlisted Ancient Rock City of Sigiriya… Obviously I did what had to be done: Getting up early, eating the pre-arranged breakfast and standing by 7am at […]
Pidurangala Rock Temple in Sigiriya
Travel Day 1116 – Sigiriya, SRI LANKA After three days in the sacred city of Kandy, I was off to the next UNESCO Site of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Triangle, the amazing rock city of Sigiriya… Initially I was debating to visit the UNESCO Cave Temples of Dambulla first, but since there was a direct bus […]
UNESCO Sacred Tooth City of Kandy
Elephants and Esala Perahera Festival
Travel Day 1114 – Kandy, SRI LANKA After the long day and the even longer night at the Esala Perahera Parade, the annual 10 day festival was technically finished… Well, technically meant that all the nightly processions were over, but today there was still a shorter afternoon parade happening and I was debating if I […]
Esala Perahera Tooth Festival in Kandy
British Colonial Cinnamon Gardens
Travel Day 1112 – Colombo, SRI LANKA Since I had focused my last two days in Colombo on the Portuguese and Dutch colonial periods, today I had to obviously follow-up with the British one… The British were already well established in India and they didn’t really have an interest in Ceylon, as Sri Lanka used […]
Dutch Colonial Pettah in Colombo
Travel Day 1111 – Colombo, SRI LANKA After being so little successful yesterday in finding any Portuguese colonial traces in Colombo, today I decided to rather focus on the Dutch… The Dutch had been at war with Portugal for many years and they had an interest in the lucrative spice trade when they arrived in […]