On 27th November I decided to venture into the Cultural Triangle, and in particular Sigirya and Polannaruwa. I took a bus to Kurunnegala, where I changed to Dambulla. I was originally going to stay there and see the caves, but then decided to go directly to Sigirya. Which was lucky, as it was in the bus to Sigirya where I met up with the lovely French trio; Sofie, Yan and Xavier. We started talking and as I was already booked into a guesthouse and they hadn't they decided to come along and get a room there too. As we got there, the room wasn't available after all. So we moved to another place and all decided to share one room. After freshing up we decided to go and see the Sigirya. (For those interested to read more about it, the link is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya)
In the evening we did some abs. It was the plan of the French trio to do abs every night. I was impressed I must say. Maybe this would be the start of my exercising as well.
The next day we travelled to Polonnaruwa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonnaruwa). We decided to rent bikes instead of a tuktuk. The ruins were magnificent and saw lots and lots of monkeys.
After Polannaruwa we headed towards Ella, which we heard is one of the most beautiful towns in Sri Lanka. We were meant to do a hike and the Little Adams Peak, but got completely rained in during our first hike. Everything got soaked, including cameras, passports and mobile phones. Mine did not work for days but now they are all fine, luckily. The views were absolutely amazing and we had great fun, despite the rain including some lovely cocktails. ;)
From Ella he took the most beautiful train ride to Haputale.
In Haputale we visited a tea factory and ate some delicious muffins. Ulala.
From there we headed towards Hatton & Dalhousie to climb the Adam's Peak. (http://sripada.org/)
The climb would have to start at 2am in the morning to get to the top in time to see the sunrise. And so worth it was, despite being rather tough climb of 4800 in pitchblack.
By this time we were all exausted from changing towns every day and doing too much activities even for ms Montell! So we headed to the beach. Up until then it had been raining every day and we hoped for some sunshine. And luckily, that is what we got.
So from Hutton we travelled to Colombo from where we took a bus to Mount Lavinia, where we stayed the first two nights. From there we went to Hikkaduwa for two nights and then to Unawatuna for 3. It was absolutely amazing to just do bugger all and enjoy a bit of sunshine.
Now I have just said goodbye to my lovely new French family, who are heading to Negombo tonight to fly to Paris tomorrow and feel a bit sad as the last two weeks has been one of the highlights of this trip. I have made 3 good friends and we have shared some amazing experiences together. So I am off to book my long weekend trip to Paris for next May now. :)
The next week or so I'll most likely spend in Hikkaduwa where I am now. The longer I travel, it seems, the lazier I get. And I fancy reading a few books, sleeping a lot, eating some good roti's and enjoying the beach life. Mind you, the weather forecast looks very rainy in the next week or so.
To be continued!
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