First we went to Kiri Vehera. After that we went to Tissamaharama. From there we went to Kirinda Viharaya.Again came back to Tissamaharama & went to Debara Wewa. First we went to see the family we gave new house in last year. We spent some time with them & came back to Tissamaharama Viharaya after visiting 4 important places.

Again long awaited August vacation came. We decided to arrange a tour like last year we do. But due to little one’s school home work & other work the trip day by day got delayed. But finally we managed to start our trip on August 22. This time we focused to cover important places in Wellawaya , Buttala , Katharagama , Monaragala , Lahugala & Ampara area.

Uthuwankanda (431m) is the place where Soora Saradiyel lived. He is identified as the local Robbin hood.

Veediyagoda Raja Maha Viharaya very famous in Bandaragama area. Every year they have very proud & colorful “Esela Perahera”. It was one of the most important & large “Perahera” in the area of Raigam.

In April month everybody busy due to Sinhala New Year. We planned to visit our relatives house in Mawanella. We planned to go by train.

We received an information about very poor family in Medagampola in Alawwa. The information we received was hard to believe. Therefore we went to see them after 2 days. Information was correct & we saw their family condition. I don’t have words to say about my feelings when I saw their hut/ shelter.

After a snail-like journey, we reached Maskeliya and bought a couple of essential things like instant noodles. We were planning to take a tuk-tuk from here but our luck held coz there was a Nallathanniya bus leaving at 10am. So having breathed a sigh of relief we got into the bus and settled. The sun was back and my hopes soared like an eagle. However as we got closer to Nallathanniya aka Dalhousie (remember it’s Dalhousie not Delhouse or Delhousie), those hopes came down and down like a deflated balloon.

It was very gloomy and there were a couple of passing showers as well. “This is going to be one heck of a hike” I told Atha and we both regretted not having brought the umbrellas. Well we shouldn’t have worried coz the usage of umbrella becomes next to zero after Geththampana due to the open area and strong winds. We had our long overdue coffee from the shop just before the bridge. Already there was a group of people getting ready to climb for a Pooja and we started our hike around 11am, after 8.5hr journey, well literally.

Peacock Hills/ Moneragala is situated in Kotmale area which has a historical vallue. This is my visit to area to explore hidden places related to Princes Gemunu during his life at Kotmale.

Pada Yathra is an annual walk of devotees from Jaffna to Katharagama to worship God Kataragama. Majority of devotees walk from Okanda through Kumana and Yala National Parks. This is my experience of a volunteer medical camp to help devotees at Yala NP.

We leave from Anuradhapura around 8.00 a.m & our next destination was Polonnaruwa. On the way we visited Ritigala & Una Gala Wehera. After visiting these places we reached Polonnaruwa at around 5.00 p.m. Our first mission is finding a place to stay. After visiting few places we found a good place to stay.

ගල්පොත්තැන්න ග්රාම නිලධාරී වසමට අයත් නන්පේරියල් ප්රදේශයට ආසන්නතම නගරය බෙලිහුල් ඔය වේලනන්පේරියල් වතු යායේ කොටස් හතරක ගම්මාන හතරක ජනයා ජීවත්වන අතර ඔවුන්ගෙන් කොටස් 3ක් පමණ සිටින්නේ හතරවටින් කඳු වලින් වටවූ මහා පාතාලයකය. ඊට අමතරව පිහිටි නැග්රැක් ගම්මානය ඇත්තේ එම ගම්මානවලටත් වඩා අඩි දහස්ගණනකින් උසැති ලෝකාන්ත බෑවුමේ ඉහළ කෙළවරකය.

Our son in Grade 1 & he getting long vacation in August. That means we were free from normal routine work. Then we decided to arrange a trip. We thought arrange a long trip. It will easy for us to visit many places & visit all relatives’ houses in one trip. On 30th June morning we went to Anuradhapura. But on that moment also we don’t have any fix plan. But one thing , I knew that this will be more than 10 days trip.