Sigariya

Woken by a 4.15am alarm we got up a dressed, ready for our tuk tuk 🛺 driver who showed on time. It was a misty morning but he got us to the ticket office by about 5.15am.

We queued up and paid for our tickets before starting the walk up the rock in the dark. After a long straight, gradual incline we started up the steps. There were quite a few people but I just went at a steady pace.

After a while we reached the Lion’s paw terrace and had a rest before climbing the last steep section. As we crested the top I realised that everyone was getting up there for the sunrise and it was busy. I’d gone early to avoid the heat. Good job I hadn’t gone for the sunrise because it was misty and there was no sunrise in sight. A lot of disappointed people though!

We spent a lot of time walking around on top, looking at the ruins of the ancient palace and the views that appeared through the mist.

Eventually we started our descent and had views now that it was daylight. We spent a while at the Lion’s paw terrace having a good look at the scale of things before continuing down. Our descent took us past the mirror wall which had ancient inscriptions and then we climbed up a spiral staircase to see some cave paintings.

The paintings were spectacular but we couldn’t take photos (not even sneakily). After spending some time looking at these we continued down and found our tuk tuk 🛺 driver who took us back to the hotel.

After some coffee and a shower we went for breakfast and then spent the day relaxing in the hotel.

At lunch time we walked to the village and went to a cafe before walking back.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing and then ate dinner in the hotel.Leia mais