An ascent to the Dambula Cave Temple -cooking demonstration and lunch at Hiriwadunna village- and the Anuradhapura Stuppa

We left the hotel in Negombo and met our likeminded traveling companions Ziggy and Lorind from Santa Barbara- we shall spend the next week exploring Sri Lanka together -.

Another full and exhausting day discovering old UNESCO monuments lead by wonderful kind guides

Dambula Cave carved inside a huge boulder
Tons of buddhas carved and painted inside caves with every corners of the ceiling painted – it looks like a tapestry
Sleeping Buddha
One of the magical entrances to a cave filled with Buddha’s
Communing with the monkey at Dambula !
Views from the Cave Temple
A huge golden Buddha at the end of our descent from the Dambula Cave temple

Hiriwadunna cooking demonstration on wood burning stove

The delicious spread filled with local grown food and delicious spices
Dawn shredding the coconut by hand
A lake ride on a dilapidated catamaran

We visited
The largest stupa in the world, the Jetavanaramaya, is located in 
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It was built in the 3rd century and at its height stood at 122 meters (400 ft)
The greeters at Cinnamon lodge
Spending the night at the 27 acres forest retreat Cinnamon Lodge Habarana in Sigirya

What a magnificent day with our new friends – just wishing we had more to enjoy the forest retreat !



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