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Cecilia Clark
Apr 6, 20245 min read
Galle, Sri Lanka: April 3 - 5, 2024
Our last two nights in Sri Lanka were spent in Galle Fort (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The fort has narrow streets, lots of history,...
Cecilia Clark
Apr 4, 20241 min read
Stilt Fishermen, Galle, Sri Lanka: April 4, 2024
Our most photogenic stop while in Galle was at the nearby Weligama Beach which, like Galle, is on Sri Lanka's southwest coast. The clouds...
Cecilia Clark
Apr 3, 20243 min read
Tangalle, Temples, and Turtles, Sri Lanka: April 1 - 3, 2024
We are staying at a beach hotel in Mawella Bay in Tangalle for two nights and one full day. When we arrived, both the wind and the surf...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 31, 20243 min read
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 31, 2024
The Temple of the Sacred Tooth, home to the relic of the tooth of the Buddha, is situated within the Royal Palace Complex of the former...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 30, 20242 min read
Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 30, 2024
Once in the city of Kandy, we met up with Donald, an insider local guide, at the Queen's Hotel originally designed by a Sri Lankan...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 30, 20242 min read
Time Out in Kandy, Sri Lanka: March 28 - 29, 2024
We stayed two nights at the Santani Wellness Spa and Resort. The resort is beautiful, the architecture stunning, and the food was always...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 29, 20243 min read
Dambulla, Sri Lanka: March 28, 2024
The Dambulla temple complex consists of five caves of varying sizes and decoration that date back to the 1st century BC. The caves were...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 28, 20244 min read
Sigiriya and Habarana, Sri Lanka: March 27, 2024
After breakfast our guide and driver took us to the village of Moragaswava for a bike ride through the village. The length was about 12k...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 26, 20244 min read
Jaffna and Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka: March 26, 2024
When we drove over the causeway yesterday on our way to Delft, I asked to stop so I could take photographs of the fishing nets and the...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 25, 20246 min read
Jaffna, Sri Lanka: March 23 - 25, 2024
We arrived in Jaffna in the afternoon. At our hotel, the Jetwing Mahesh Bhawan, in Jaffna City we were welcomed with burning incense, and...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 25, 20244 min read
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: March 21 - 23, 2024
The first morning in Sigiriya we were up before dawn to hike up Pidurangala Rock for sunrise. Before the sun came up, it was blessedly...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 22, 20244 min read
Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka: March 19 - 21, 2024
In 2006 Dan and I were Earthwatch volunteers at the Primate Center in Polonnaruwa. As volunteers we followed monkeys (toque macaques and...
Cecilia Clark
Mar 20, 20243 min read
Colombo, Sri Lanka: March 17 - 19, 2024
Vacation in Sri Lanka. Touring Colombo, Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple,
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