Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Pearl of the Indian Ocean 17-22 Dec




Terminal 2 Christmas Deco

At the departure gate, waiting to board the plane

SQ in-flight entertainment

Fillet

Arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport 

Duty Free Shops selling electrical appliances

Arrival hall seems pretty quiet

ODEL - Singapore's Metro equivalent mall

Camelot Beach Hotel complimentary tea bags

View from the hotel room

Seems run-down

Fishermen preparing to go out to sea



Breakfast

Buffet Lunch







Keels Supermarket




Kandyan Cultural Show starts at 5.30pm. Be there early to chops front seats in the old theatre.

Buffet dinner at Hilltop Hotel, Kandy

Local musicians


View from the hotel's cafe


Large swimming pool




Exterior of Hilltop hotel

Overlooking the train station

Dad with hotel front desk


Departing for trip to tea plantations

Nuwara Eliya "City on the plain"


Blue Field Tea Gardens




1500m above sea level in the heart of Labookellie Estate





Glimpse of the manufacture of Ceylon Tea



Ramboda Falls

Picturesque falls


109m high, 11th highest waterfall in Sri Lanka
Altitude of falls is 945m above sea level




Elephant House Ginger Beer (EGB) derived from 100% natural ginger extract






Beef Steak which was tough and salty







Grand Kandyan Hotel, newly opened in October 2014

Opulent look



Fried Thai noodles which was sweet tasting



Room Verandah




Gold-like grandfather clock 


Elephant Safari

Climbing up the vantage point

Lone elephant
















Too bad its the rainy season, if not expect to see 300 over elephants grazing


Rooms overlooking Habarana lake



Duplex room

Single bed upstairs




Sigiriya, aka Lions Rock


Sigiriya Museum, fine diorama of rock




Hilton Colombo 



Buffet Dinner


Cakes, Pudding and marshmallows








Port City







Sumptuous buffet spread





Reasonably priced cakes




Parliament house


World trade centre





Tuk tuk








Noritake showroom




























Seafood buffet at Lagoon, Cinnamon Grand Colombo






Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at Airport Departure

Reached the airport at 8.30pm and waiting for 1.30am flight home

More shopping...Noritake and Odel retail outlets 


Arrival at T3



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