Sigiriya – Sri Lanka’s most expensive tourist site
“Don’t push!”, a young Chinese woman complains to the Singhalese family behind her. The atmosphere on the stairs winding up …
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UNESCO
UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
Dambulla caves – the painted caves of the Golden Mountain Temple
Five out of six historical UNESCO sites in Sri Lanka are concentrated in the so-called cultural triangle, in the northern …
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Anuradhapura – one of the World’s oldest Buddhist settlements
Today, the ruins of Anuradhapura, the first capital of Sri Lanka, cover a widespread area on the outskirts of the …
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The leafy town of Kandy
It is a busy afternoon at the Sri Dalada Maligawa, the major sanctuary in Sri Lanka’s former royal town of …
The Würzburg Residence – a masterpiece of baroque architecture
When we arrive at the Würzburg Residence it is raining cats and dogs. And all the other tourists visiting this …
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The Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang
As we are preparing our trip to Sri Lanka we read up on Buddhism and we also recall some of …
Digging for the history of mining in Banska Stiavnica
In the Slovakian contryside, Banska Stiavnica is a small mining town that used to be rich, immensely rich even: There …
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Travelling India – by train and bus from Mumbai to Chennai
In 2002 we travelled to India for a few weeks of holidays. At that time we lived in Japan and …
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Wonderful November days on the Curonian Spit
“It doesn’t look like rain today – let’s leave the Thomas Mann Museum for tomorrow. We’d better head straight for …
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Vilnius Old Town, a cute Baltic capital
The street is full of people, many of them standing with folded hands and looking up to the town gate. …
