The Cultural Triangle
The area near Anuradhapura and where we will travel tomorrow is considered the Cultural Triangle. That being said it is really so much more. There is a plethora of animals and beautiful flowers everywhere. In the morning we had the opportunity to kayak on an ancient tank. For the naked eye it looks like a lake but it is where in the past the kings were clever enough to build man made dams that could be used to store water.
And on land we saw monitor lizards
and so many monkeys.
Leaving the nature behind we began our tour of the many holy spots as this is where Buddhism came to Sri Lanka. My favorite
was when we arrived at the stupa and a village was presenting
cloth for the monks to make their robes
.
And just so you have an idea of the usuall Temple appearance here is an example of what they look like. From this picture you can see the typical bell shape and also notice the
granite columns since in ancient times these structures were covered
with a wooden roof.
.
The area near Anuradhapura and where we will travel tomorrow is considered the Cultural Triangle. That being said it is really so much more. There is a plethora of animals and beautiful flowers everywhere. In the morning we had the opportunity to kayak on an ancient tank. For the naked eye it looks like a lake but it is where in the past the kings were clever enough to build man made dams that could be used to store water.
and so many monkeys.
Leaving the nature behind we began our tour of the many holy spots as this is where Buddhism came to Sri Lanka. My favorite
was when we arrived at the stupa and a village was presenting
cloth for the monks to make their robes
.
And just so you have an idea of the usuall Temple appearance here is an example of what they look like. From this picture you can see the typical bell shape and also notice the
granite columns since in ancient times these structures were covered
with a wooden roof.
.
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