Towel art at Dalmanuta Gardens

Each day it is exciting to see what amazing towel sculpture is on our bed! We have a lovely house man, Ali who cannot do enough for us! Bliss!


Dog!


Elephant!


Monkey!


Lady!

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Dalmanuta Garden Resort

Our final stay at Dalmanuta Gardens set in beautiful gardens, Ross is off having his daily treatment of face, feet and total body massage followed by a herbal bath! I have opted out today due to a wobbly tummy! I am sitting out under our verandah in our own private garden, just bliss!



Our own personal eating hut, beautiful river breezes experienced at every meal! Delicious food, we place our order in the morning for dinner before the Chef goes to the market!


Our bed, the most comfortable bed we have slept in since being away!


The serenity garden, we walk through each meal time to get to our eating hut!
This is such a beautiful place, I am experiencing the Ayurvedic medicine with the lovely doctor on site, Ross is enjoying the benefits with the massages! Have just been given a potion so hopefully I will be better soon!

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Mt Lavinia Hotel, Colombo

A journey tracing back my family footsteps, firstly my grandparents stayed here in 1952 when they took a world trip by ship and Ceylon was on their itinerary! Am wondering whether the elephants that I have at home are from this journey! We have added to the family and bought 2 more to join the herd!


Dad trained in Sri Lanka for his acupuncture, our guide new of Dr Anton and showed us where he lived! His clinic was the next suburb but we didn't visit there! He has since passed away.





We enjoyed a delicious cup of tea in the lounge, imagining my family enjoying this magnificent hotel!


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A day without elephants!

We are now in Colombo relaxing in the hotel trying to work out what to do for dinner! Arriving here mid afternoon we have been for a wander and already have been completely drowned by torrential rain! Not sure about venturing out again! Our driver picks us up in the morning for a city tour and then on Saturday he drives us to our Aryuvedic Resort for 5 days of relaxation! Looking forward to some time out!


Fisherman on the beach in Galle


The walled fort built in the late 1500's, the Tsunami went around it both sides and it remained completely intact!


A lovely charming new friend in Galle!


Beautiful Art Deco in the fort city!

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Elephant Safari

Just returned from our elephant safari and we have been told that we have been so lucky to have seen so many wild elephants roaming in the National Park! Just amazing and so very excited to see so many very special elephants especially with lots of babies!











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Elephant Orphanage

These beautiful little babies are all orphans, mothers have either been killed or died of illness. They are brought to this orphanage to be hand reared with the hope they will eventually join the wild herds of elephants in the National Park nearby!
First stop is the milk, with a fair bit of push and shove to get their fair share!



Time for some leaves and branches and then back to their play pens!


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Kandy Botanic Gardens

Most beautiful flowers and landscape in the gardens! Cool and relaxing wandering around the paths, through the orchid glass house, very exotic flowers of all colours and shapes! This yellow flower is called a lolly pop flower!


Not sure what this one is but incredible sculptural shape!


Beautiful orchid!


Pine trees twisted from the wind!


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