Srilanka- An overview of our trip

Now that we had landed in Colombo, the excitement within us was brimming over. Even though we did not have a concrete plan or an itinerary, we managed to cover quite a bit in the 6.5 days we were there in Sri lanka…. Here is a quick jist of all that we did and places we went to,

Land in Colombo afternoon 2.45pm
Stayed the night in Colombo at Lafala Hotel
Dinner at Yaal restaurant on Welawatte beach road [ good veg food] next morning left for Dumbula & Siguriya- long drive ahead.
Saw 2 temples and climbed 1/4 way up Siguriya [very hot and after a point there is only a ladder.. about 2000 steps up are few cave temples]
Then drove to KGalle [ to a friend’s house]
Moved ahead to Pinawala elephant orphanage [ spent about 3.5 hrs here.. lunch was packed by friend]
Do some shopping at Laksala inside the elephant orphanage [it is a govt store and very very good – masks, mugs, tee shirts etc]
Headed to Nuwara elliya [ stopped at a strawberry farm enroute for a half hour, and bought a box of yumm strawberries]
Halted that night at Nuwara Elliay- Midky hotel
Next morning drove out towards Yala, stopped enroute to see the Sita temple[ where she walked thru fire] and reached Yala around 2
Hopped on a safari truck for the safari – took about 3 hrs in total [ cost of safari jeep- 5000LKR and safari itself was another 5000 LKR]
Drove towards Kataragama and stayed at a hotel called Rasoja [very new and basic, but good]- again worked out to about 50$ incl breakfast -no wifi
Morning 9am went to Kataragama temple- spent 4 hours here, saw puja and had prashad.. also walked to the Buddist temple within the complex [ about a km away]
Drove down towards Unwatuna- stopped at Hummanaya to see the Blow hole – it is on top of a cliff, short trek but worth it], there is also a beautiful beach below.

We stayed that night in Unawatuna [ on a brand new property literally above the ocean]- will recall name of place and share!
Morning drove towards Galle- stopped at a Turtle sanctuary [ entry 500LKR per person] and then explored Galle fort area a bit, walked around and finally drove to Madu river [ like pitchavaram, we did a 3hr river cruise, hopped off at cinnamon island, explored the place, bought cinnamon] , held a baby crocodile, there is also a fish spa if you are interested[200LKR]
Had lunch at the resto there and drove to Colombo straight. Reached around evening 7.
Checked into the most awesome place[ you should check this place out- Colombo haven, run by a couple who treated us like their kids and fed us amazing veg food. The galle face beach is about 20mins walk from here . there is also an ice cream place in front- carnival ice cream
Last day, we left to House of fashion – did some shopping[ v nice place] and headed to airport.

Now that you know all that we did, wait for the experiences to come in the subsequent posts… :-))

Srilanka- An overview of our trip

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