Holiday in Sri
Lanka part 1: KANDALAMA
After contemplating several locations, countries and destinations for a quick relaxing holiday, we ended up fixing on Sri Lanka. Needless to say the country is amazing, the people are lovely and the food was superb. All in all the holiday was brilliant.
Our first stop was Heritance Kandalama a hotel designed by the genius architect GeoffreyBawa. It’s truly breathtaking, carved into the side of a rock, inviting nature into the building with canopies of thick green everywhere.
Graphic Art !!
After contemplating several locations, countries and destinations for a quick relaxing holiday, we ended up fixing on Sri Lanka. Needless to say the country is amazing, the people are lovely and the food was superb. All in all the holiday was brilliant.
Our first stop was Heritance Kandalama a hotel designed by the genius architect GeoffreyBawa. It’s truly breathtaking, carved into the side of a rock, inviting nature into the building with canopies of thick green everywhere.
The space and calm of the hotel allows you to unwind
almost as soon as you get there. We thought we would have a longish tiring drive
from the airport to Kandalama, but our brilliantly organised driver suggested a
quick stop at Pinnawala to see the elephant orphanage, which was an amazing
experience.
The driveway
Waking up at 6am the next day was not easy but
it was totally worth it. SIGIRIYA beckoned! It is considered to be one of the best
preserved city centres in Asia from the first millennium. Set amongst elaborately
landscaped water gardens, moated islands and fountains,(some of which still
work during the rainy season) is the central rock which rises 200 meters. The
climb up seems never ending, but the views are breathtaking. Originally built
as a palace the complex also served as a mountain monastery.
The Lions Paws are all that remain !
Dambulla Cave Temple
exploring the area.........at VIL UYANA
to be contd.............
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