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Day 11 - Kandy

8th March 2025

Central Province

  

Part 2 - Lake Walk & Town



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A few more pictures from the morning walk, before breakfast and diving into the town centre.
 



Miche and the Queen's Bathing Pavilion...

 
Town 1


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Pleco fish, these are native to South America, but are thriving in the lake...

Town 2

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Diyathilaka Mandapaya...

Town 3


Walakula Bamma (Clouds Wall) along the edge of Kandy Lake ...

Town 5


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The wall stretching into the distance...

Town 6


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Murals in the town...

Town 8

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Town 8

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Town 9

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St Paul's church; Temple of the Tooth and Queen's Bathing Pavilion...


Town 10

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Black Turtle enjoying the view...

Lake 1

 

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Back to our hotel for breakfast...

Hotel 1

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Breakfast of champions...

Hotel 2


Hotel pool...

Hotel 3



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Breakfast over, we headed back into town...
 
Queen's Hotel...
 
Town 3

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Inside the Queen's hotel...

Town 4

Clocktower at the crossroads...


Clock


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Miche and postboxes...

Postboxes


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Avocados...

Avocados

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Royal Bar & Hotel
 
Royal Bar & Hotel...

Royal Bar & Hotel 1

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Terrace...

Royal Bar & Hotel 2

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Ice Cold in Alex moment...


Royal Bar & Hotel 3

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Museum...

Royal Bar & Hotel 4

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Museum...

Royal Bar & Hotel 5
 

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We watched this water monitor encounter - 2 big units, lots of jerky head movements, until the one in the water game the other a wide berth...
 
Lake 1

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On the opposite side of the lake, was the biggest Water Monitor that we saw...

Water monitors 2

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Foot for scale, it was about 5 feet beneath where I am standing...

Water monitors 1

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Its mate looking for a place to rest...


Water monitors 3

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Disappearing into a culvert...

Water monitors 4

 
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Days 1 & 2 - London to Dubai Day 3 - Dubai Burj Khalifa & Palm Jumeirah Day 4 - to Sri Lanka - Covanro
Day 5 - Covanro Day 6 - Dambulla & Sigiriya Day 7 - Sigiriya Rock & Elephants
Day 8 - Grithale & Bike Ride Day 9 - Polonnaruwa & Kandy Spice Day 10 - Kandy - Temple of the Tooth
Day 11 - Kandy - Town & Lake Day 12 - Kitulgala Rafting & Nuwara Eliya Day 13 - Nuwara Eliya
Day 14 - Ella Day 15 - Kataragama & Yala NP Day 16 - Udawalawe Elephants & Ahangama
Day 17 - Ahangama Dolphins & Mangroves Day 18 - Galle Day 19 - to Home