Carnival at Galle, Sri Lanka

During my visit to Bahiravokanda Vihara Buddha statue in Kandy, I encountered a very interesting dog. Like in evening we typically go to the balcony or terrace of our house to gaze outside, this dog had an uncanny knack of doing the same. The Buddha statue is located up on a hill and gives a…

On a hot afternoon after we finished watching Gangarama temple, we went to the National museum. From the entrance we could see the welcoming white colonial structure. The museum was founded by the then British governor of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), Sir William Henry Gregory in 1877. As we walked inside we saw a Buddha…

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…

No doubt, Galle fort is the best place in Galle. But there are other interesting destinations to see as well outside the fort walls. So we kept the second day to explore outside Galle fort. We hired an auto for 2000 Sri Lankan rupees to show us interesting places outside Galle fort. Around 10 am…

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…

Mount Lavinia is a suburb of Colombo and probably has the longest white sand beach near to Colombo. It is probably the best place to watch sunset and bath in Colombo. On 1st Jan 2014 I was there along with two other friends. We reached the beach by 5.25 pm and sunset happened around 6…