Early in the morning we left from Matara with a bus back to Galle from where we could take a train to Kandy. There are usually trains from Matara too but they are working on the tracks at the moment. In Galle we bought traintickets for the only train to Kandy, leaving at 14.30h so we had suddenly lots of time to kill with walking in the rain, surfing the internet, munch and lunch.
In the train we found out that we had chosen the slowest way and worst time to get to Kandy, it would stop at almost every station, linger via Colombo and from there on it would be dark outside so we would not see the promised nice green Hill County views we hoped on. In the train we met Sri Lankan catholic reverent Harold Marasinghe. He is a friendly old man with lots of stories and during the trip he told us interesting facts about places, churches and rivers we passed with the train. Around 21.15h we finally arrived in a dark and rainy Kandy where we asked a rickshaw to drive us to Saranankara Road where lots of guesthouses are situated. We ended up in Lake Inn Guest House, we have a spacious room with hot shower which we used immediately (maybe a little too long) because it felt for us extremely cold in this higher (500m altitude) part of Sri Lanka.
Monday when we woke it was heavily raining so we stayed in bed untill we got hungry and then walked to the nearest place to eat a nice spicy curry. After that we strolled around in the city slowly getting more and more wet. In the middle of this shoppingtown is Kandy Lake, lightbrown water surrounded by different big trees which are all having their botanical name shown. Where we stay is a walk away uphill on curvy lanes, from there you can see the misty forests around us.
On Tuesday we walked around to see a few temples and we spotted monkeys picking fruits from trash and a hard working elephant. We also walked around the Kings Palace and looked at the Temple of Buddhas sacred tooth relic.
In the evening we went to watch Kandyan cultural centres display of traditional Sri Lankan music (drumming), dancing and firetrickstery.
In the train we found out that we had chosen the slowest way and worst time to get to Kandy, it would stop at almost every station, linger via Colombo and from there on it would be dark outside so we would not see the promised nice green Hill County views we hoped on. In the train we met Sri Lankan catholic reverent Harold Marasinghe. He is a friendly old man with lots of stories and during the trip he told us interesting facts about places, churches and rivers we passed with the train. Around 21.15h we finally arrived in a dark and rainy Kandy where we asked a rickshaw to drive us to Saranankara Road where lots of guesthouses are situated. We ended up in Lake Inn Guest House, we have a spacious room with hot shower which we used immediately (maybe a little too long) because it felt for us extremely cold in this higher (500m altitude) part of Sri Lanka.
Monday when we woke it was heavily raining so we stayed in bed untill we got hungry and then walked to the nearest place to eat a nice spicy curry. After that we strolled around in the city slowly getting more and more wet. In the middle of this shoppingtown is Kandy Lake, lightbrown water surrounded by different big trees which are all having their botanical name shown. Where we stay is a walk away uphill on curvy lanes, from there you can see the misty forests around us.
Kandy Lake
Temple of Buddhas Sacred tooth relic
On Tuesday we walked around to see a few temples and we spotted monkeys picking fruits from trash and a hard working elephant. We also walked around the Kings Palace and looked at the Temple of Buddhas sacred tooth relic.
In the evening we went to watch Kandyan cultural centres display of traditional Sri Lankan music (drumming), dancing and firetrickstery.
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