Exploring Polonnaruwa

Yesterday was mostly a travel day, where we first collected our laundry before stopping for some coffee and driving from Sigirya to Polonnaruwa.
We spent the evening driving along the lake, enjoying some ice cream from the ice cream TukTuk and even spotted some elephants having a bath in the distance. Later we went for an overdue run (Will has set the challenge to run 5 km in every country we visit) and got rewarded with a beautiful sunset. 😍

Today was all about exploring the ancient city of Polonnaruwa. Since it is so enormous we were recommended to hide some bicycles to ride between the monuments. It was very humid and hot today so we very much regretted that choice straight away, especially after we realised that we could have just gone by TukTuk. Well at least we can now tick ride a bicycle in Srilanak of list. The ancient city is an seemingly endless congregation of ancient temples, palaces and monuments. Definitely a must when in the area but also very trying after some time.

After our long excursion through the ancient city it was time for us to drive to Dambulla. The previous day, when we drove from Sigirya to Polonnaruwa, we had already noticed loads of "elefants crossing" signs but didn't think too much of it. Even more exciting was it to see two wild elephants on the road today! 🐘 🐘
We captured the first one using Wills 360 degree camera (footage will follow) but the second one came by surprise so unfortunately there only the terrible video I took on my phone (please ignore the finger).

When we arrived in Dambulla we were welcomed by the very friendly owners and given the honey moon room which apparently includes a very special view. 😂Read more