(2018/12/25-26) This is one of the earliest train-travels we did. Therefore, we didn't reserve our train seats. This resulted in us having an old type of train for our return journey. Actually, this coincidence made our scenes even more beautiful. But we were fortunate enough to have trains with empty seats for our both journeys. This is the longest train travel I ever did. We stayed only for two nights in Badulla, and we returned home the other day as the trip was focused on the train travel rather than the Badulla city. In the night we came to Badulla, we visited a nearby famous temple. I'm not remember its name. (The temple of Badulla?). Day 01 During the stay in Badulla, we visited a few places there. We went to visit an old wooden bridge. It was situated in a temple. The bridge was above a stream. That stream was flowing over a huge area of rock which was amazing. This bridge is said to be used by pilgrims to the Temple of the Tooth Relic (ශ්රී දළදා මාලිගාව / The royal p
I had a huge interest to have a dog for a long time. With this corona situation, we got really bored staying at home alone. So, we thought it was the best time to buy a puppy. Initially, I liked Labradors. But as I researched dogs & dog training, I decided that a German Shepherd is the best for me. I like the fact that they are intelligent, protective & vicious. I watched YouTube videos on puppies & how to train them to find out whether it will be a good idea for us to have a dog. I got really inspired by watching videos by Victoria Stillwell from "It's Me or the Dog". (2021 Sept 18) We found an advertisement for GSD puppies on Ikman. Lk. The dealer was a few kilometers away from our home. There was a pack of 5 puppies. We chose the eldest one of them, which was a boy. He was definitely cute and very friendly with strangers and innocent like a cat. It had more younger sisters and brothers. I remember a few of them were enthusiastic to come with us. But we onl
(2020 Feb 14-16) We went to Anuradhapura to attend a special event at The Great Ruwanweli Seya (රුවන්වැලි සෑය). We went there by train. Day 01 We went to the special event at The Ruwanweli Seya in the evening. There was a flower tribute to the Ruwanweli Seya which rains if flowers were dropped over the stupa. In the evening there were fireworks. Day 02 We spent the morning at "Parakrama Samudra" tank (පරාක්රම සමුද්ර වැව). We wandered around the tank and enjoyed the scenery. Day 03 This was the day we returned home.