Where is Rune?

Kandy itself is pleasant. There’s many old, crumbling buildings, and being situated at 500 meters altitude helps a lot too (I don’t even use the fan at night). This is in the middle of the the so-called “hill country”, and there is beautiful scenery surrounding the city. There’s a small lake here too, the Kandy Lake.

I started the Tuesday by walking around Kandy Lake, which forms the centre of the city. And apart from generally wandering aimlessly around the city, I also visited the British Garrison Cemetery, and a Hindu temple (I don’t know the name).

Yesterday was mostly spent at the huge Peradeniya Botanic Gardens, just a few km west of Kandy. There were countless numbers of bats populating parts of the gardens. The entrance ticket was quite overpriced at Rs 600.

Apart from a visit to an internet cafe, today I’m just strolling around, sitting down in cafes, and taking pictures.

I can drink the tap water (untreated) here, too. No diarrhoea so far. Sri Lanka seems to have a good quality, drinkable tap water. Thumbs up for that!

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Kandy Lake.

I often grab something to eat at the bakeries.

Flowering tree, Peradeniya Botanic Gardens.

Kandy downtown.

This man is selling banana flowers (among other things).

They are still using typewriters at this Law office.

This building houses several Law offices.

Guards at a checkpoint.

Two bare-feet girls checking their cell phone.

A man gives money to a beggar.