SRI LANKA
APRIL 2017
What a wonderful end to my studies: a trip to Sri Lanka with my dear New Zealand family. A small selection of impressions from my 4 week trip to Sri Lanka.
From Colombo we travelled south along the coast via Galle to Tangalle. From there we travelled via the Udawalawe National Park into the highlands to Ella, Nuwara Eliya and Kandy. We continued on to Dambulla, Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa. Before returning to Colombo, we made a short stop in Anuradhapura. From the warm and humid coastal regions, we travelled to the cool highlands with their huge tea plantations and then to the famous old religious towns in the inland. Sri Lanka is a bustling, diverse country with very tasty food. Apart from in the very touristy areas, not many people could speak English.
Freddy hopes to make another trip to the north of the country. Due to the long civil war, it was not yet fully open to tourists in 2017.
Our first tuk-tuk ride
Fish market in Galle
Galle
Beach near Galle
Fisher at Kahandamodara Beach
Fishermen go out to sea early in the morning to fish.
Safari in Udawalawe National Park with many small Asian elephants
The huge tea plantations in the highlands.
The buddhist Sri Dalada Maligawa or the temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy
Market in Kandy with fresh fruit and vegetables, spices, fresh meat and fish and a huge selection of rice varieties
The various temples of Polonnaruwa.
View from Pidurangala Rock to Sigiriya Rock and the Tousristen queue at the stairs
The last section of stairs up to Sigiriya Rock
View of Pidurangala Rock and Sigiriya Rock without any tourists from one of the many manmade water reservoirs.
