The Evening Watcher at Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha Statue at Kandy, Sri Lanka
Landing at the Bandaranaike International Airport, was a treat. For the festive year end holidays the airport has been nicely decorated. Musicians were playing music near the duty free shop welcoming the arriving tourists or people. The duty free shop looked luring with a huge collection starting from foreign liquor to home appliances. Our flight…
On 29th of December 2013 witnessed a unique blend of Sri Lankan carnival. I could not found any info whether this is an ancient tradition or recent tourism related phenomenon. But nevertheless it was an awesome display of Sri Lankan culture, dance form, dress and treat to the eyes. The carnival started from a small…
Galle is the center of Dutch colonization and heritage in Sri Lanka. It is also the district headquarters of Galle district and the administrative capital of the Southern province. Located around 119 km from Colombo, it takes around 3 hours to reach here. However, if one takes the southern expressway, it takes much lesser time….
We had been advised by our friend in Colombo to visit Ministry of Crab restaurant the day we landed Sri Lanka. But we had not booked our tables there and on 31st December 2013, it was a rush day at the restaurant, touted as one of the best crab restaurant in Asia. There were some…
After our whale watching adventure in Mirissa, we headed for Weligama in a local bus. It is located 30 kms away from Mirissa in Matara district of southern province of Sri Lanka. The Matara road which connects Mirissa and Weligama runs along the sea shore. This makes for awesome view while traveling on this road…
Mirissa was the next stop after Nuwara Eliya. Direct buses are available to Matara (district headquarters) and it typically takes around 6 plus hours. Road trip on this stretch of road is really beautiful with the scenery you get to see. As the proximity to the beach increased the temperature also increased considerably. We reached…