After arriving at our guest house in Sigiriya, a small town on the outskirts of the ancient city by the same name, we met a couple over a wonderful home cooked, 7 dish meal. They'd also been traveling by tuk-tuk, but instead of hiring a driver for a specific point-to-point trip, they rented theirs for 10$/day. It was much easier for them to get places, not having to rely on schedules, trains and buses or bartering with the tuk-tuk drivers. We were envious to say the least, but too far into our journey to arrange.
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| Kate and Rob with their "pimped out" tuk-tuk". It came with music, speakers (Elton John sounds great with the wind whipping through your hair) and cool spikes in the front axle. |
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| Scarecrow - or he surrenders! |
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| Sigiriya Rock rising out of the otherwise flat jungle.....imagine a palace on top |
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| Walking through gardens can be dangerous! |
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| Love the Sri Lankan script, but the warning is even better.... |
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| The tan colored rock screen (1000 yrs old) was added as protection for the cave paintings behind. |
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| In the caves were these lovely beauties and more like them decorating the walls and ceiling. |
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| Lion's foot at the base of the stairs that lead to the city palace of Sigiriya. Apparently there used to be a lot more of him built with brick and carved into the rock. |
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| 527 steps later...looking out over the surrounding jungle. Not much more that steps and foundations left on top and the swimming pool (water tank) |
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| At the very far end of the promenade, through the water gardens, leading to the rock was a very "large" standing Buddha........ |
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| Surrounded by many Monks/Buddhas of all sizes and shapes |
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| Rented some bikes to cruise the countryside...nice quiet roads, but... |
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| Time to get home...it's almost 6.... |
I love the warning signs. I would love to have to get off the street because of roaming elephants. Spent last weekend in Girdwood. Finally some decent snow to ski on. I miss you both very much.
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Good to hear that you are feeling better and that there is finally some snow in Gwood. In Chiang Mai and will be heading to Laos soon.....Big Hugs.......
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