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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 31, 20243 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 30, 20242 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 29, 20243 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 28, 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 26, 20244 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, 20246 min read


Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: March 21 - 23, 2024
Lion Rock, Sigiriya, as viewed from Pidurangala Rock The first morning in Sigiriya we were up before dawn to hike up Pidurangala Rock for...

Cecilia Clark
Mar 25, 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 22, 20244 min read


Colombo, Sri Lanka: March 17 - 19, 2024
Vacation in Sri Lanka. Touring Colombo, Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple,

Cecilia Clark
Mar 20, 20243 min read


Winter's Sunset: December 2023
Winter's Sunset I am pleased to share that today, December 29, 2023, my photo "Winter's Sunset" submitted last evening to...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 29, 20231 min read


Porto, Portugal: November 5 - 8, 2023
We stayed a couple of nights in Coimbra before driving to Porto. We dropped the car at the airport and returned to Porto in a taxi as it...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 14, 20232 min read


Chapel of the Bones, Évora, Portugal: November 2 & 3, 2023
From Seville it was an easy drive to Évora, Portugal. After checking into our lodging we walked to the the Church of São Francisco (St....

Cecilia Clark
Dec 12, 20232 min read


Travel Travails, Portugal: November 3, 2023
On our way to Coimbra we hoped to visit some sights along the way. In particular, not too far from Évora is Cromelique dos Almendres...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 12, 20232 min read


Halloween and All Saints Day at Setas de Sevilla: October 31 & November 1, 2023
In English "setas" means "mushrooms." Setas de Sevilla originally called Metropol Parasol is the largest wooden construction in the...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20231 min read


Sevilla's Sacred Sites: October 29 - November 1, 2023
Saying that there are a lot of sacred sites in Sevilla is very much an understatement. We stopped in at two of the most famous religious...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Sevilla, España: October 29 - November 1, 2023
We arrived in Seville, thanks to GPS, without any issues. At the hotel we handed our car keys to a hotel employee and that was the last...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 11, 20233 min read


Lisbon-Algarve, October 28 - 29, 2023
It was an easy 2-1/2 hour flight from Terceira to Lisbon. Lisbon is one hour later than Terceira so we lost some daylight for the drive...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 5, 20233 min read


Terceira Island, October 26 - 28, 2023
Sunrise, Serretinha Natural Pools, Terceira Island Continuing with the BrunoAzera photography workshop on Terceira Island. Vila de São...

Cecilia Clark
Dec 2, 20231 min read


São Miguel Island, October 21 - 25, 2023
After checking into our hotel in Ponta Delgada on the southern coast of the island and meeting up with the third participant in the photo...

Cecilia Clark
Nov 30, 20235 min read
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