A Road Trip in Sri Lanka: Day 4 - Anuradhapura to Kataragama via Polonnaruwa and the East Coast

It is very rare for bachelor boys like us to start early in a day; Especially after the tiresome day like that. But I believe all of us knew that we were lagging and had a lot of miles to cover today. So we started early from Bevary Holiday Home and moved towards Polonnaruwa which was the same route we covered yesterday from Dambulla to Anuradhapura. We stopped at a small town to have breakfast. It was run by a tamil muslim and...

A Road Trip in Sri Lanka: Day 3 - Dambulla, Sigiriya and Anuradhapura

Now we had a plan. And it was time to execute it. We left Kandy and reached Dambulla around 9 am. It was time for breakfast but we couldn't find any good hotels there. Dambulla was not a big city as I expected and had only a few options to eat. We chose a small hotel and had some idiyappam and bread loaves. Dambulla Our first stop for the day was Dambulla Rajamaha Viharaya and the Dambulla cave temple. There is nothing much in the...

A Road Trip in Sri Lanka: Day 2 - Kandy and Nuwara Eliya

Kandy The day started earlier. As I have mentioned earlier, we were without a plan. When we discussed our idea with the driver we realised that we have booked the rooms for two days in Kandy and it would be vain to return Kandy if we visit Dambulla and Sigiriya on the same day. So we decided to visit Nuawara Eliya on that day. Our first place on today's list was Kandy Palace and the Tooth Temple. During old times, the capital...

A RoadTrip in Sri Lanka: Day 1- Madurai to Colombo

The Arrival Even though the flight was on Tuesday afternoon, for me, the trip started officially on Monday night. Since I was the only person to start from Coimbatore, I reached Madurai before the rest of the party who started from Bengaluru. Even though I booked in the last bus to start from Coimbatore, I reached Madurai by 4 am. But I had a plan to kill time till my friends arrive. And I was luckily on time for where the visitors...

A RoadTrip in Sri Lanka: The Prologue

The Plan Every bachelor has a group in whatsapp that discuss where to travel next. This story also starts in a group like that. The aim was simple. Choose a place where we would spend less and gain a lot. As usual, like every men in this country, our first choice should have been Bangkok! I could try to convince you that we chose Sri Lanka instead of Bangkok because of its heritage value and as a teetotallers we would have easily...