Paphos – Day Trips
I have decided to create a bit of a mix-and-match post. All the below day trips have not been visited in one day
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Troodos Mountains – UNESCO Painted Churches
I decided Cyprus deserved a second visit. The first time I visited was in May 2014 and it was raining most of the
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Colombo
My post about Colombo is in no way indicative of the week-long trip in Sri Lanka. All my impressions about Sri Lanka were
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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage
I have mixed feelings about the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage. By definition, an orphanage is a great place, but a commercial one might completely
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Kandy
After seven hours on an seemingly endless train ride, we arrived in Kandy. Kandy used to be called Senkadagalapura and it was the
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Sri Lanka Railways – Ella to Kandy
You might rightly wonder why I have dedicated a separate post to the train ride from Ella to Kandy. Usually my posts are
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Ella
The trip from Kirinda to Ella can only be described as interesting and fulfilling in a backpacking kind of way; not to mention
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Yala National Park
In my previous post I described my stay in Tissa and Kirinda, which was a bit of a teaser to the main reason we went there. The
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Tissa & Kirinda
Tissamaharama (aka Tissa) and Kirinda are both excellent bases for a safari in Yala National Park. Tissa was the second location of our
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