Polonnaruwa Stories


Ruins located out of the ancient city of polonnaruwa ( Day 1 : Madirigiriya )

Polonnaruwa is the second kingdom of the Sri Lankan history. A vast number of ruins can be seen at the ancient city, located near the Grate tank named Parakrama Samudraya, Build by King Parakramabahu nearly 1000 years ago. Unlike this ancient city, some of ruins in polonnaruwa District are effected by terrorism, where hardly visited by travelers. Mad...


Safari by tuk-tuk

To see my stories click on the pull-down menu Journals, then click Intrepid Sri Lanka. To enlarge a picture, click on it. Click Next for the next story. We had a great time cycling away from the sites along a small stream. There were many people washing clothes and birds to be seen. The lake was very beautiful and we had a buffet lunch at the hotel w...


visiting the sites Polonnaruwa

To see my stories click on the pull-down menu Journals, then click Intrepid Sri Lanka. To enlarge a picture, click on it. Click Next for the next story. We discovered when we got here that the ticket for a single site only lasts one day. If you go to Sri Lanka it is worth getting the pass to see all sites. We should have done that. After we got our t...


To Polonnaruwa

To see my stories click on the pull-down menu Journals, then click Intrepid Sri Lanka. To enlarge a picture, click on it. Click Next for the next story. In Kandy we did take the precaution of closing the windows at dusk, but otherwise there were no mosquito nets and no repellent in the room. We have zero mosquito bites so far. Unfortunately the plugs...