Tag: Sigiriya

My alarm woke me at 5 am, and I began packing for my 450km ride to Colombo, my last day in Sri Lanka before flying to India tomorrow. The weather [...]

I departed the city after 9am for Jaffna, aiming to reach the northernmost point of Sri Lanka. I started driving around 10:30am, covering nearly 200km. After thanking the hostel owner [...]

I wake up after 6am and get ready. The weather is cloudy, but it doesn’t seem like rain is coming. I couldn’t find the caretaker to make coffee. I wrote [...]

I wake up around 5am and, after a quick start, complete my diary over coffee by 5:30am before leaving for Sigiriya Lion Rock. The weather is perfect – cloudy with [...]

My alarm goes off at 5am, but I actually wake around 7am. I get ready immediately and curse myself for not getting up early. I need to visit 2 locations [...]