Life in Doha

Friday, April 08, 2011

Sweet Sweet Lanka - Kandy

We bid adieu to the elephants, and headed towards Kandy. We stayed at a beautiful hotel in the mountains and relaxed with Ayurvedic massages.

As we were tripping up towards Kandy, this was keeping us safe on the roads.

Our fellow travellers in tuk tuks galore.

We stop in at a Spice Garden and Matilda is overjoyed to find out that cocoa is a fruit!

The burden of having a school teacher as a mum... daily travel journal entries.

A family shot for a handsome tip.

Ohoy, look what we found lurking around the hotel!

Ah gee, that's better.

Funny looking things.

Kandy Lake - an artificial lake built by the last king of Kandy (and of Sri Lanka)

This piece has been ordered by a hotel in London and will take them 5 months to complete.

Matilda is brave enough to ride this kind of elephant!

Thursday, April 07, 2011

A massive post for my fellow elephant lovers. Can you believe I still edited a lot of photos out? They are just such amazing animals. We were fortunate to see them bathing in the river at the elephant orphanage. They've all been rescued from different situations in the wild.

It is incredible how close we got to them. I must admit, a little scary.

Only a few weeks old.

This one was only 5 days old. Have you ever seen anything so cute? It was bopping around in the water because it couldn't reach the bottom.

'Teens' at play under the watchful eye of the mahout.

Having a little scratch in the sunshine.

This one's leg was damaged in landmines in the North during the recent wars.

Time to head back to the camp with the herd.

It's not easy being 5 days old...

This is Atlas, a young male elephant with the mahout. We were having lunch and he thought he'd join us!

Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Sweet Sweet Lanka - Negombo

We headed to Colombo for ten days of relaxation, eploration and family fun. First stop, Negombo Beach. The instant contrast from Doha takes our breath away.