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JeGraNet Sri Lanka Visit Oct 2008 - Mar 2009 Planned Itinerary.We are planning on visiting Sri Lanka to develop this website along the same lines as our Thailand travel website: www.thailand-travel-guide.co.uk If you have any information or notes you would like to share with us we may add them to our trip.Recommendations for accommodations welcome We are interested in visiting ancient places in Sri Lanka, natural features, festivals, fishing and anything unusual. Colombo (1)Due date 1st October 2008. Estimated stay 15 - 20 days Clock Tower Colombo Museum Town Hall Independence square International Convention Centre Pettah: Markets etc New Capital Area Buddhist Temples: Asokaramaya - Thimbirigasyaya Road, Colombo 5. - Beautiful mural paintings. Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya - 13km form Colombo. - One of the 3 places in Sri Lanka visited by Lord Buddha. Facinating wall & ceiling paintings by famous artist Mendis. The annual procession in January is second only to the Kandy precession in spectacle. Leave Colombo - Bus coast road A3 North Negombo (2)Estimated stay 7 days Old Negombo Hotels Beaches Airport Leave Negombo - Bus along the coast road A3 North Puttalam (3)Estimated stay 2 - 3 days Salt Pans Lagoon Fishing Leave Puttalam - Bus on A12 north-east Anuradhapura (4)Estimated stay 7 days Anuradhapura UNESCO World Heritage Site: The sacred Sri Maha Bodhi Anuradhapura or Sri Maha Bodhiya (Bo Tree) Temples - Star struck stupas in ancient Anuradhapura; Dakkhina Stupa and Mirisaveti Stupa, The Jetavanaramaya or Jetavanarama dagoba (highest brick structure in the world) Brazen Place, Samadhi Buddha Statue, Abhayagiri Dagaba, Isurumuniya, Kiribath Vehera, Kuttam Pokuna, Lankarama, Lovamahapaya, Magul Uyana, Naka Vihara, Queen's Palace, Rathna Prasadaya, Sela Cetiya, Thuparamaya, Toluwila Statue Vessagiri Mihintale (5)Estimated stay 2 days about 12km from Anuradhapura a rock dotted with cave shrines and dwellings a grand granite slab stairway of 1,840 steps that leads to a summit with superb views of the surrounding area. Trincomalee (6)Estimated stay 7 days Beach Fishing Dutch Fort The Hood's Tower Naval Museum Harbour Trincomalee "Elephant Island" Hindu and Buddhist historical and ruin sites Trincomalee Museum Konneswaram Temple Artifacts Hot springs - The seven hot springs of Kanniyaw AKA Unudiya, are on the road to Trincomalee. Tiriyayi or Thiriyaya, just over 45km north of Trincomalee, is an example of ruins of an ancient Buddhist monasteries that have been discovered in the area. St Mary's Church, Trincomalee Dambulla and Sigiriya Area (7)Estimated stay 7 days Dambulla is a huge isolated rock mass rising around 160m over the surrounding plains, with an ancient rock temple that has been created spread over five mostly natural caves. Some of the wall paintings date back over 2,000 years. The most outstanding feature of the Golden Temple of Dambulla is the immense reclining Buddha image carved out of the solid rock, around 14m in length. Sigiriya Rock's main features and areas of interest are the 5th century Water Gardens, The Lion Gate, Lower Palace, Outer moats, Stone stairways, The mirror wall, frescoes, courtyard, The ruins of the palace buildings, rock cut pools and the views from the top! Polonnaruwa (8)Estimated stay 7 days Gal Viharaya - Granite statues of the Lord Buddha. The Archeological ruins: Atadage House of the Eight Relics Alahana Pirivena or University Bodhisattva, Bodhisativa or Bodhisativa Polonnaruwa Council Chamber / Audience Hall Demala Mahaseya an unfinished stupa in Polonnaruwa Batticoloa (9)Estimated stay 2 days Batticoloa is home to the famous ‘singing fish’. a small well preserved Dutch fortress Ampara (10)Estimated stay 2 - 3 days Ampara is a remote city on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 200 km from Colombo. In the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It was a part of the domain of Kavantissa (2rd century BCE) and was then known as Ambaragama, which over the years changed to Ambara and Ampara. There must be ruins here!! Monaragala (11)Estimated stay 2 - 3 days No Data?? Badulla (12)Estimated stay 2 - 3 days No Data?? Hindu Temple called "Seetha Kovil" (Hanuman Kovil). It is found on the way to Nuwara Eliya from Badulla Nuwara Eliya (13)Estimated stay 10 - 14 days Adam's Peak The Baker's Waterfall - Located in the Horton Plains quite close to World's End, may also come across the rare black monkey.
Hindu Temple called Sita or Seetha Kovil dedicated to the diety Hanuman on the way to Nuwara Eliya from Badulla Horton Lake Gregory Pidurutalagala Tea Estates and Factories The Golf Course Trout Fishing Streams Olu Ella Waterfall - Located in a remote village called Malalpola off Yatiyantota on the High Level road from Avissawella to Nuwara-Eliya. St Mary's s Church, Yatiyantota Haputale (14)Estimated stay 1 - 2 days No Data?? Haputale by narrowguage railway (14) Gampola (15)Estimated stay 1 - 2 days No Data?? Kandy (16)Estimated stay 7 days Temple of the Tooth Paradeniya Botanical Gardens Kandy to Hatton Railway trip Matale (17)Estimated stay 1- 2 days No Data?? Kurunegala (18)Estimated stay 7 days The Seven Rocks Ibba-gala Buddhist Temple, in a low valley halfway to Elephant Rock Maligawa Ancient Ruins - Parakramapura or Panduvasnuwara to the north-west with remains of a moated palace and monasteries from the 12th century, Dambadeniya to the south-west with its mid-13th century ruins, and Yapavuwa to the north. Kurunegala Lake or Kurunegala vewa - A large man-made water reservoir constructed by ancient kings. Kurunegala Clock Tower a war memorial to soldiers and officers who fell in the two World Wars. The Malay Mosque in Kurunegala Visit Yapahuwa Rock Fortress off the main A28 Kurunegala to Anuradhapura road about 45km north of Kurunagala. - Public transport is considered the most economical mode of transport to Yapahuwa.
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