Our daughter had been most excited with our plan to go whale watching in Sri Lanka. And no, the need to wake up at 4am did not ebb the excitement in any manner. She looked forward to a morning when she would see the ‘kings of the ocean’. Mirissa is […]
Galle is almost on the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka. It is famous for its fort that had been built by the Portuguese way back in the 16th century, and then, later, taken over by the Dutch. Signs of the Dutch occupation is still very pronounced in the premises of […]
Our final destination in our Sri Lankan sojourn was Unawatuna, the beach town in the southernmost tip of Sri Lanka. Our drive from Nuwara Eliya to Unawatuna would be a long one, about 6-7 hours, since Unawatuna was about 27 kms away. Shushanta, our guide, explained that we would have […]
The distance from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya is about 80 kms, and can be easily done in about 3 hours, considering you will be driving hill country. We, as is usual with us, stopped by a whole lot of places and ended up reaching Nuwara Eliya only around 3pm…after about […]
After our tour of the spice and herbal garden (Read: Spice & Herbal Garden Tour in Sri Lanka ), and a sumptous lunch, we headed for some tableware shopping at Noritake . Noritake’s factory outlet at Matale, some 45 min away from Kandy, was our final stop before we proceeded […]
Spice and herbal garden in Sri Lanka. Exotic it sounds, all right. But for a garden lover like me, it was a must-see. Nay, must-visit. Jayanta found and planned for one enroute Kandy from Habarana. And so, post our Dambulla Cave Temple tour (Read about: Dambulla Cave Temple Tour), we […]