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Kandy -Dambula-Sigiriya

After lunch we proceeded to Sigiriya-home to the 5th century''FORTRESS IN THE SKY''the most fantastic single wonder of the island.This is also known as the LION ROCK because of the huge lion that used to stand at the entrance to the fortress. Within its triple moated defence the huge rock rises to a height of 500 ft On nits summit is the foundation of what was once a great palace & gardens complete with swimming pool On one of the stairs a painting -fresco in the form of life sized damsels in all the freshness & delicacy of their original colour

we stayed overnight at the Dambula hotel aptly called Sigiriya Hotel from where we could see the Sigiriya rock this was a very nice homely hotel where just 2 days prior the Indian cricket team stayed when they played a match at Dambula against the Srilankan team--& lost the match to the Srilankans!!

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