Sri Lanka Adventures

Our month in Sri Lanka started with a night in Negombo as we arrived into Colombo airport late. From there we did a little tour staying 3-5 nights in different places taking in Kandy – Siguria – Trincomalee – Polonnaruwa – Arugum Bay – Ella and finally Galle.
If you like curry the Sri Lanka is gonna suit you very well. We managed to get a couple of cookery courses in. The first was around Kandy in a typical mountain family home. Very basic facilities but a great experience cooking as the locals do with seasonal vegetables and all done on a double gas burner like the ones we used to use camping with the scouts. The second was at a restaurant in Ella in a professional kitchen which was much more of a demonstration. Both gave us very different recipes and left us with a determination to pickup some spices and have a go back home.
Sri Lanka has a lot of buddha, some amazing ancient cities and a varied history. We deliberately split our time with some mountains, culture, beaches, history, then more mountains, a bit more history etc etc.
Other highlights included climbing Adams Peak, the wildlife, crazy bus journeys, taking the train through the tea plantations and also learning to drive a tuk tuk.
- Train tracks
- Tea Picker
- Big Buddha
- Kids cricket
- Boats
- Fishing
- Veg market
- Cookery course
- Breezy
- Sunset
- Water Buffalo
- Train
- Shoe repairs
- Buddha
- Us
- Buddha
- Siguria
- Moonstone
- Mansion Museum
- Friendly school
- Ox cart
- Local transport
- Fishing
- Vadis vendor
- Pulling in nets
- Stone carvings
- Monks
- Fly
- Tuk Tuk driving
- Elephant
- Seascape
- Heron
- Crazy bus
- Cloudscape
- Stilt house
- Skyscape
- Breezy cooking
- Buddha
- Elephant carving
- Vehicle hire
- Siguria
- Beach fishing
- Child Friendly School
- Cave at Dambulla
- Fields
- Tooth Temple
- Sleeping dogs
- Moonstone