Country trip: Lithuanian flavour in Sri Lanka (2)

Amazed, exhausted, happy, annoyed, surprised, tired, excited and hungry for more were those feelings which lead us all the way through this beautiful island. With the taste of super delicious fruits, magazines in our hands, endless conversations and home smelling cheese sandwiches our journey in Sri Lanka continues with …

Sigiriya (Day 5)

Last point of Cultural Triangle (Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya) we had to see was Sigiriya – breathtaking rock, or Sri Lanka’s most extraordinary sight as it is. So many legends and so many stories, told about this place, indeed make it magical, but most surely all must to see why Sigiriya (“Lion Rock”) was declared a World Heritage Site in 1982 and is described as one of the most impressive touristic attraction and one of my favourite too.

History says Sigiriya rock was a palace of ancient king Kassapa (middle of 1^st century) who drove his elder brother Mogallana into exile in India, imprisoned and killed his father king Dhatusena. Kassapa on the top of 200 m. rock constructed a pleasure palace as well as impregnable fortress expecting it to emulate with Kubera’s (god of wealth) adobe.

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