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The Lion Fortress of Sigiriya {Photo Junket}
Blog: The Travel Project - 13 December 2011
If you squint you will see a giant lion entangled in the encroaching jungle, overlooking the Hill Country to the south and protecting the central table lands of Sri Lanka.This article originally appeared on The Travel Project
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Pawing Lion Fortress
Blog: The Travel Project - 12 December 2011
Sigiriya or Lion Fortress is a large complex built on top of a giant rocky outcrop surrounded by a moat, impressive gardens and the wild expanses of the Sri Lankan jungle. This article originally appeared on The Travel Project
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Ancient Ruins of Anuradhapura {Photo Junket}
Blog: The Travel Project - 5 December 2011
As the soles of your feet touch the soft earth and the whimsical smoke from the sweetest incense sticks floats throughout the air around you, Anuradhapura will take you to a time recorded in old stories and offerings to the gods!This article originally appeared on The Travel Project
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Colombo to Anuradhapura by Train
Blog: The Travel Project - 5 December 2011
Burnt out train wrecks from a war not long forgotten, butterflies and birds of intense blues and reds, heards of cattle feeding in the fields of green and waves from local villagers tending their rice paddies await for you along rails from Colombo to the ancient city of AnuradhapuraThis article originally appeared on
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Photo of the Week – Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka
Blog: Ottsworld - 20 May 2011
Photography of the ancient city of Polonnaruwa Sri Lanka. A stunning UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Traveling With Trip Advisor
Blog: Ottsworld - 19 May 2011
I walked into the room and there it was staring back at me, frozen in place next to my suitcase. I stopped abruptly, sighed and looked carefully at its shiny black body and spindly legs. The one light bulb in the room seemed to make the big cockroach’s body shimmer even more in ickiness. I [...]
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Croching Lion, Hidden Temple
Blog: Ottsworld - 11 May 2011
The crouching lion was still as a stone and surrounded by the jungle below. I approached it cautiously, wiping the sleep out of my eyes wondering what I had gotten myself into so early in the morning. I proceeded as the clouds overheard darted by the sun making the whole scene ahead of me change [...]
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Photo of the Week – Royal Gardens
Blog: Ottsworld - 29 April 2011
In honor of the royal wedding, I thought I should focus the Photo of the Week on something royal. Since I’m not photographing the wedding, the next best thing is the Royal Botanical Gardens near Kandy Sri Lanka. It was a hefty entry fee of $10USD a person to see orchids, but it was cheaper [...]
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The Three Little Temples
Blog: Ottsworld - 28 April 2011
I’m going to huff and puff and blow your temple down! This is the story of 2 little tourists, 1 tuk tuk driver, and 3 temples; one made of wood, one made of brick, and one made of stone. Once upon a time there were two little tourists…ok – we aren’t that little…but it’s [...]
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I Don’t Like Kandy
Blog: Ottsworld - 27 April 2011
I’ve been traveling for a long time, seen a lot of countries, had a lot of good days…amazing days….but I’ve also had my share of bad days and bad places. As a travel blogger – I don’t have to like everything. Granted – I don’t often rant about the things I don’t like, but when [...]
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Kandy and A Sweet Tooth
Blog: Ottsworld - 26 April 2011
Recently I was riding in the car with my sister and my niece when my niece announced out of the blue how much she loved going to the dentist. My sister shot me a mean glance as if this confession were somehow my fault. After all, when I was a kid I used to [...]
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Sigiriya from the top and the bottom and from afar
Blog: itinerant - 5 March 2010
For eight centuries before Kashyapa the activity in Sigiriya was monastic. Then for the next eight centuries, it was again a home for monks. After that it was abandoned and the bricks crumbled and the timber rotted and something that approached a pharaoh’s doing didn’t stay intact for as long except for the foundations, and [...]
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