Sri Lanka was a place I had never much fantasized about, but I can certainly say it exceeded my expectations by a great degree. How I ended up going there was owing to my Pakistani passport, which restricted my chances to go for a weekend anywhere, with a week's notice! I applied for a Sri Lankan visa on a Wednesday online, got it...
From Kandy, you can take a day trip to Sigirya or the Lion Rock, which I highly recommend. It is northeast of a place called Dambulla, in the Matale District. Sigiriya is basically an ancient rock fortress, which according to some legends, was selected as the site by King Kasyapa back in 477 – 495 CE for his new capital. It takes you...
Kandy is perhaps the pit stop you need to make to conduct your one-day trips everywhere. It is located at the center of Sri Lanka and is generally recognized as the island nation's cultural capital. It is to Sri Lanka what Lahore is to Pakistan while Karachi is Colombo. It is the second largest city and is in a mountainous region, with a...
