Monthly Archives: February 2013

As trailed in previous posts, my last WHS in Sri Lanka was Anuradhapura where, learning from my experience in Polonnaruwa, I opted to hire a bike for two days to get around the extensive remains of this ancient capital. And … Continue reading →

Moving on again by bus from Dambulla, I went to Polonnaruwa, the capital from the late tenth to late 13th centuries, after the destruction of Anuradhapura, the place I’ll be covering in the next post. The archaeological remains to be seen in … Continue reading →

Less than an hour by bus from Dambulla is this impressive WHS, so I went on a day trip. There was a lot of road resurfacing taking place on the route and all the workers were wearing hi-vis vests, hard … Continue reading →

Around 70km north of Kandy is the small linear town of Dambulla, unremarkable of itself but home to a terrific group of Buddhist cave temples. As a Buddhist religious site, it has been occupied by monks continuously since the 3rd … Continue reading →

After a bus back from Galle to Colombo, I managed to snag a seat in the popular observation carriage on the train to Kandy, with its well known scenic ride up through the hills. My seat was on the aisle … Continue reading →

Galle is a port on the south west point of Sri Lanka, reached by a sweaty three hour train journey from the capital Colombo (where I’d spent a couple of nights on arrival, in a guesthouse conveniently located behind an … Continue reading →