Well, sorry folks.
I had to drop back in on Sri Lanka for a week. (Even I can afford to do this when I take Cathay Pacific's crap 2 am flight from Bangkok for 220 USD. Despite the chauvinism expressed by their marketing department, I actually thought the service was quite OK.)
Why did I do that? Well, I didn't say anything about it last time, but while I was in Sigiriya last time, I somehow became appended to a local family and I thought I'd drop in on them while I still had the chance.
It didn't work out, actually, but never mind. Here are some quick photos I took while I was there.
I went back to Anaradhapura, where I got lost last time. I wanted to see the world's oldest cared-for tree, which is said to have been a clipping of the boddhi tree under which the Buddha received enlightenment. How cool is that? My sense of history was engaged; problem is, I didn't get to visit last time due to getting lost. So I hopped the first bus to Anaradhapura and visited for the afternoon:
I had about $125 that I lived off of the entire time I was there. Then I took the bus home from Bangkok in a glorious display of 48-hour long endurance.
So, it is possible to travel if you're poor. Just a word of affirmation for those who think they don't have the money to travel.
I had to drop back in on Sri Lanka for a week. (Even I can afford to do this when I take Cathay Pacific's crap 2 am flight from Bangkok for 220 USD. Despite the chauvinism expressed by their marketing department, I actually thought the service was quite OK.)
Why did I do that? Well, I didn't say anything about it last time, but while I was in Sigiriya last time, I somehow became appended to a local family and I thought I'd drop in on them while I still had the chance.
It didn't work out, actually, but never mind. Here are some quick photos I took while I was there.
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| The guesthouse where we stayed |
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| Jungly things |
I went back to Anaradhapura, where I got lost last time. I wanted to see the world's oldest cared-for tree, which is said to have been a clipping of the boddhi tree under which the Buddha received enlightenment. How cool is that? My sense of history was engaged; problem is, I didn't get to visit last time due to getting lost. So I hopped the first bus to Anaradhapura and visited for the afternoon:
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| A dome |
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| Lovelorn monkey |
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| Here it is...the clipping of the tree under which the Buddha received enlightenment. |
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| Another view |
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| Another view. No, I did not go inside. |
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| I forget what this is |
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| Damn green country |
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| Dirty jungle river |
I had about $125 that I lived off of the entire time I was there. Then I took the bus home from Bangkok in a glorious display of 48-hour long endurance.
So, it is possible to travel if you're poor. Just a word of affirmation for those who think they don't have the money to travel.
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