Goodbye Maldives. here we come Sri lanka
TAJ
sAMUNDRA COLOMBO
ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE
cINNAMON
cITADEL KANDY
A perfect night stop after our Elephant Safari!
THE TEMPLE OF THE TOOTH
No filming is allowed except placing our flowers with all the others. We queued with everyone else and were the only tourists.
THE LAKE LODGE BOUTIQUE,
KANDALAMA
The most delightful small Lodge.
Soothing Spar, Villas overlooking the forest and a wonderful serenity and silence to gear us up to our next stop SIGIRIYA.
Sigiriya
The Ancient Wonder
Rebecca and I having a lovely hug, I am now far to old to go with her! Been there, done it, many times before!
"With love and joy bring Serenity, Simplicity and the luxury of Silence"
TIME TO HEAD BACK TO COLOMBO
kANDYAN DANCERS
Kandyan dancers had arrived at the Taj before our arrival. They were to perform to VIP's later the evening. This gave us a chance to chat with them which was amazing! All very young and to be able to dance in their incredible armour, they told us it took a long time to learn and is passed down through generation to generation.
TOOK TOOK
After dinner we were collected by the owner of the Took Took Ravitina for a tour of Colombo at night. He took us along the main streets, along the back waters, at times meeting up with many other Took Took's. We would wave at them and they at us! Such fun on our last night.
I have always thought that Sri Lanka and Maldives compliment each other.
HIGHLANDS & ISLANDS
We are both so grateful to everyone who has made our stay possible.
Hopefully one day Rebecca will be able to see more of this very BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
Hopefully one day Rebecca will be able to see more of this very BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
Rebecca whenever possible during our stay would climb into a Took Took. She fell in love with these machines!
The poor man in this picture looking on was the owner!
We were outside the Botanical Gardens at Kandy. Rebecca has started to learn to drive here in the UK and when she is 18 and passes her test, she wants me to buy her a Took Took! This will beat all the London Taxi's.
Next Stop... Dubai
The poor man in this picture looking on was the owner!
We were outside the Botanical Gardens at Kandy. Rebecca has started to learn to drive here in the UK and when she is 18 and passes her test, she wants me to buy her a Took Took! This will beat all the London Taxi's.
Next Stop... Dubai