Kandy

Kandy is a very famous city in Sri Lanka, both among locals and tourists. For locals it is the temple of tooth which holds a tooth from Buddha itself (as they say) that attracts them, for tourists it is mainly that the very famous train ride through Sri Lanka as well as many excursions to the Sigiriya start there.
The train ride was awesome and the railtracks go through deep jungle, pine forests, tea crops and on mountain ridges offering a beautiful view on Sri Lankas nature - we could take these train rides all day 🥰. Our only mistake was to book first class, which comes with a (way too potent) aircondition and therefore you cannot open the windows… but now we know 😉
Kandy itself is located in the hills and is scenic, but also very busy and noisy (we have never seen so many crows at one place). Next to a big lake it also sports a quite big and very beautiful royal forest park called Udawaththakele, which we were happy to explore to give our senses some rest from the city.
We were a bit surprised that also in Kandy, where tourist restaurants are more frequent
(but western tourists were kind of not), it was hard to find a restaurant that sells beer. The prices were very high overall for both food and beer (when found) and we came to accept that Sri Lanka is hella expensive throughout 💸. Still, we had very tasty Sri Lankan food such as chicken chukka, our first kottu rotti, roasted paan and, of course, a lot of curry - Sri Lanka definitely is heaven for carb-lovers and hell for anyone on a low-carb diet 😂.
We used Kandy as a base for two trips to see some of Sri Lankas tourist spots, but as Sri Lanka is in general so freaking beautiful we need separate footprints for this 🙃.
So, lots has been learned, experienced and eaten in Kandy, and even though it still feels very much out of our comfort zone when compared to SEA, we do enjoy the thrill of it and look forward to explore more places in beautiful Sri Lanka! 🇱🇰Baca lagi