Dambulla Area Treasures
This region has some of the most remarkable sites in Sri Lanka: Dambulla Cave Temples, Sigiriya Fortress, and the ancient … Continue reading Dambulla Area Treasures
This region has some of the most remarkable sites in Sri Lanka: Dambulla Cave Temples, Sigiriya Fortress, and the ancient … Continue reading Dambulla Area Treasures
A UNESCO designated heritage site, the city surrounds Kandy Lake. It is beautiful. The last Sinhalese kingdom to be subjegated … Continue reading Kandy
FromĀ Argum Bay we head directly west inland on windy roads through lush, beautiful countryside past inumerable tropical fruit and … Continue reading Hiking in Sri Lanka Hill Country – Nuwara Eliya
Second stop, 5 nights. Favourite spot so far with it’s wonderful beaches and charming beach village atmosphere. Tangelle has been … Continue reading Coastal South – Tangalle
We settled in here for 10 days. Basically a continuous strip along the old road running along the ocean the … Continue reading Hikkaduwa and about
Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, is often skipped but it was worth a look even to settle after such … Continue reading A few days in the capital
Opportunities come and I like to snatch them up. House and rabbit sit in Paris? Sure. Exploring the neighbourhood is … Continue reading Summer of 23 Stay in Paris
First Stop Back to a bit of travel. Not terribly original but in this COVID world a repeat of favourite … Continue reading Oaxaca… Again
Our drive down from Nuwara Eliya to Ella is stunning, past numerous nurseries many between the windy roads and steep … Continue reading Hill town Ella
A surfers’ paradise, we found Arugam Bay (Eastern coast fairly south) in serious off-season. This meant not a whole lot … Continue reading Arugam Bay
We head out on safari at 5:30 a.m. to Udawalawa Naional Park known for its elephants and birds. Continue reading Udawalawa National Park
Working our way south along the coast we make a little trek off the coastal road at Bentota to visit … Continue reading Colombo to Hikkaduwa