What you need to know to plan your trip to Sri Lanka.

What you need to know to plan your trip to Sri Lanka.
In Sigiriya there is an ancient city built on and around this 600′ high rock. It was built by King Kassapa in the second half of the fifth century.
J. asked me this morning how long we have been traveling. We were both shocked that it has been just over 100 days since we …
The Dambulla Cave Temple is the largest group of cave temples in Sri Lanka. There are 5 caves in total which were built as shrine rooms between 85-77 BC. The caves are built at the top of a steep hill (of course), but don’t let that discourage you.
I wasn’t sure what to expect in Kandy. It is one of the largest cities in Sri Lanka, but Sri Lanka so far hasn’t been typical at all so I didn’t know what a large city in Sri Lanka would be.
Everywhere we went in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka the resiliency and kindness of the people was overwhelming. After surviving the tsunami in 2004 the people have …
Hikaduwa was our next stop in Sri Lanka. There is a nice beach area at we were lucky enough to be at the point of it around 5:00 when the large turtles come to shore to feed.
During our first week in Sri Lanka we made the journey to Yala National Park in the hopes of seeing leopards. Yala has the largest population of leopards in Sri Lanka, however, you are still very lucky if you get to see a leopard.
After 5 weeks of traveling throughout Thailand here are our tips for enjoying and sometimes surviving in Thailand.
Bangkok is a bustling city, as the largest one in Thailand it is not only full of people, traffic and temples, it is also full of attitude, scams and pollution. For us Bangkok was the low point of our 5 week journey through Thailand.