We had an amazing breakfast at the hotel prepared by a very eager and friendly host before leaving for the day. It was on the bus immediately after and off to visit the renowned Temple of the Tooth. This temple was constructed to house one of Buddha's teeth that were removed before he was cremated. The tooth is significant in that it had all of Buddha's wisdom passed through it while he was alive and so it is revered all over the world by Buddhists. The temple...

It was another early morning and back on the bus to go and visit Dambulla and Matale on our way to the city of Kandy. We stopped at the Golden Rock Temple in Dambulla and were amazed by the ruins of this once huge city in the middle of the jungle. The King definitely knew how to live with his own personal lake, palace, swimming pool, all complete with indoor plumbing and a whole house full of concubines. It was getting very hot and we were longing for some air ...