Travelling Sri Lanka (1)

We booked a two day trip to Kandi and back. On the first day we visited a pineaple plantage and an elephant orphanage. Afterwards we took an elephant ride. We continued to Kandi and after a late lunch there we visited a local dance and singing presentation and afterwards we visited a buddhist temple.

From the hotel you could overview whole Kandi.

[20080830] Sri Lanka 1

[20080831] Sri Lanka 2

Sri Lanka

It is time for some vacation and so I decided with my room mate that we should go over the long weekend. First options were Goa or Singapore. Finally we decided to go to Sri Lanka.

The flight with Sri Lankan Airlines were very pleasant. The hotel (Ypsylon hotel is lead by a german lady) organized the airport pickup.

The hotel is excellent and the staff very friendly and speaks german :)

Unfortunately it was raining the first day, so that we only went to the town and to the sea turtle orphanage.

For the next days we planned to discover the island.

California

Looks like business related travelling has become my new hobby ;)
This time I went to Sunny Vale, California. Fortuntantely I had some to discover the more natural Areas in the bay area, after doing all the "tourist" things during an earlier visit. I really love the bay area and I'm looking forward to visit again.

[20080728] Business Trip Sunnyvale