We spent the last part of our holiday relaxing on Sri Lanka's beautiful coastline, and planted ourselves in Hikkaduwa, since we had heard it was a great place to spend New Year's Eve. From Hikkaduwa, we made a day trip to
We used Colombo as a point to breakup out journey from the north down to the beach. While to trip from Dumbulla to Anuradhapura only took a couple hours on the way up, the way back required driving during the
On our way from Anuradhapura to Colombo, we made a detour to Sigiriya to visit yet another UNESCO world heritage site, Sigiriya. Sigiriya, meaning "Lion's throat", in Sinhalese, is an ancient rock fortress where King Kashyapa built his palace. He had
After 10 hours of flying and 3 hours of driving, we found ourselves at Ulagalla Resort. Despite our arrival at 6am, the staff greeted us with warm smiles, introduced us to the Sri Lankan traditions of lighting the oil lamp, ringing the bell and