- ✔ sigiriya (amazing but might not climb to top again in a while. check out more of the gardens...)
- ✔ this amazing accommodation?!
- ✔ dambulla caves (the oldest but not necessarily best of the cave temples--really loved aluvihara instead, which was very quiet)
- ✔ polonnaruwa (oddly very touristy in some places, not at all in others where some of the most impressive structures are. a marvellous ruined city that reminded us of laputa...)
- colombo
- ✔ maduru oya (thanks lonely planet for ranking it the worst national park in sri lanka! no one else here against the surreal landscape but us and some indigenous fishers)
- yala/wilpattu/udawalawe
- kaudulla in december better for seeing elephants--no need to see udawalawe. would enjoy seeing leopards in yala
- turtle hatchery
- went to the one in hikkaduwa instead.
- ✔ kandy (the thing the SO & i thought was the standout was watching the traditional dances. very lovely layout, but crowded, dusty, and without the charm of the country)
- ✔ anuradhapura (would definitely come back & explore more thoroughly...)
- yapahuwa
- mask making workshop
- gal oya???
- ✔ aluvihara
- ✔ galle
sights for next time:
- nuwara eliya
- horton plains
- adam's peak
- waterfall at ella
- yapahuwa
- more time on the west coast--snorkelling at hikkaduwa particularly
- the mask making workshop!!!
- jaffna
oct 9 2017 ∞
dec 21 2017 +