Impressive landscapes, flavourful food, very warm and welcoming people, famous tea, impressive temples, timeless ruins, oodles of colourful plants and animals, a rolling surf and for us most notably; endless stretches of perfect beaches.
Welcome to Sri Lanka
 | |
| Tangalla Beach |
Getting started
 | |||
| the first Lankan curry; an impression of how spicy it will get |
 |
| and colourful soroundings |
 | |||
| feels like being back home, our first room in Kandy |
Streetlife
 |
| Sri Lanka has by far the highest Tuk Tuk density we have ever seen |
 |
| Tuk Tuk drive through |
 |
| in the busy streets of Kandy |
 |
| Coconut sellers in the well preserved town of Galle |
 |
| street vendors in the new town of Galle |
 |
| nature is slowly claiming back what belongs to it |
 |
| bustling Matara |
 |
| downtown Colombo |
 |
| Viharamahadevi Park |
 |
| beautiful Galle |
Religion and Traditions
 |
| traditional performance |
 |
| the tooth relic temple by night |
 |
| offerings for the prayer |
 |
| the temple by day |
 |
| inside the temple |
 |
| Peace Pagoda near Unawatuna |
 |
 |
| Mosque in Galle |
 |
| Parevi Duwa in Matara |
 |
| Lankan Jugendstil in Colombo |
 |
Sri Kailasanathar Swami Devashthanam Hinu Temple
|
 |
| Gangaramaya Buddhist Temple |
 |
 |
Flora and Fauna
 |
| cheeky monkeys in Kandy |
 |
 |
| little monitor lizard we met on a jungle walk |
 |
| rice fields in the highlands |
 |
| Chipmunks playing around our balcony |
 |
 |
| Peacock is trying to defend the way to a Secret Beach |
 |
 |
| our backyard in Unawatuna |
 |
| Elephant ready for a big ceremony in Colombo |
Hang out with the locals
 |
| our friends and hosts from Peace and Plenty in Galle |
 |
| kids throughout the country |
 |
| family on their way to a wedding in Colombo, was awesome to meet them |
 |
| our Coconut provider |
On the Road and Rails
 |
| cab in Tangalla |
 |
| at the station in Kandy |
 |
 |
| we allready had better ideas than to travel down the coast during rush hour, but still, worth the experience :-) |
 |
| thanks to the helpful people it's easy to find the right bus |
 |
| exploring Colombo in a pink Tuk Tuk |
Foods and Markets
 |
| heaps of sweet Rambutans |
 |
| Lankan Muesli |
 |
| getting dressed |
 |
| Ice Cream vendor in Mirissa |
 |
| wheeled Bakery |
on the market in Matara
 |
| yummy Vegetable Rottis |
 |
| catch of the day at the beach of Mirissa |
 | ||
| traditional fishermen on theis Stilts |
The Beaches
 |
| the first glimpse of Tangalla Beach |
 |
| kilometers long and hardly anybody around |
 |
| after a walk through the jungle, we made it to the Secret Beach |
 |
| a beautiful little bay with calm waters |
never wanna leave Mirissa
 |
 |
| where the black and white sand mingles to a nice pattern |
 |
 |
 |
the moonstone blue bay of Unawatuna
 |
Random Pics
 |
| Galle Lighthouse |
 |
