Sri Lanka Photo Galleries

Starlux Airlines seats

Appetizer

Dessert

Getting ready to sleep

In between flights at the lounge

Ready for second flight

Laksa in Singapore for lunch

and our favorite dessert stall

Coconut shaved ice

Funny sign in the Singapore subway

The Jewel, Singapore airport

Finally made it to Colombo!

Tired but we made it

First night hotel not far from the airport

Pretty entrance to the hotel

Hotel from outside the gate

First stop, the Dambulla Cave temple complex

Lots of stairs to get up to the caves

The temples built into the rock caves

Inside the temples there were a lot of buddhas

We loved the intricate ceiling painting

Reclining Buddha

Door and cave temple

Another reclining Buddha

There are five temples to visit

The caves are a UNESCO World Heritage site

Stupa inside the cave temple

View of the surrounding area

Cute monkey playing in the trees

Posing for the picture

First Sri Lankan curry for lunch

Lion lager Sri Lankan beer is the most popular

On the hike up Piduangala Rock

Reclining Buddha part way up the hike

Views from the top

Cactus and view on top of Piduangala Rock

View of Lion Rock fortress from Piduangala

View of Lion Rock fortress from Piduangala

Views from the top

Lion Rock from the drone

People coming down Sigiriya

Sunset on the Lion Rock

Friendly sunset watcher

Sunset on the Lion Rock

Sunset views

Sunset views

Our room at the Roo Mansala villas

Roo Mansala pool

Path through the gardens leading to the fortress

Bird in the gardens pond

Heading up to the fortress

Many stairs take you to the base of the rock

Former buildings and gardens of the fortress

We heard that there can be a problem with wasps!

Luckily we didn

The cutest monkey family taking a nap

Sleeping dog near the final sets of stairs

Last stairs to the top!

Monkeys were waiting to greet us

Monkey with Piduangala Rock behind

There were a lot of monkeys around the top

View of the entrance path and gardens from the top

Fortress on top of Sigiriya

Fortress pool

Many levels of the fortress

Fortress on top of Sigiriya

Fortress pool

Spiral stairs to cave paintings