Andrea Hearts Traveling

The day I left to Kandy I was having a sort of lazy morning. I had breakfast, packed, sat on the swing upstairs and chatted with Laura, went downstairs and paid my bill, sat on the table and talked to more people, and by then it was late so I decided to wait for Felix so we could move on to Kandy together. Before we left I was approached by Jenny, a girl from the hostel I had met two days before, and she asked me about my plan. I told her we were going to Kandy but didn’t know where we were staying so she said they had two nights booked at a guesthouse, I immediately talked to Felix and asked if he was willing to share the room and split the cost, he agreed so I called the guesthouse and made a reservation.

Sri Lanka has many UNESCO heritage sites but their entry fee is crazy expensive so we had to choose which one to go to. After a lot of research and asking around we decided on Polonnaruwa, an ancient city an hour or so east of Dambulla. In the morning Felix and took the local bus over there, passing through nice villages and looking at beautiful lakes in hopes of spotting some wild elephants... we didn't.

Woke up at 4:30am to go to Sigiriya and see the sunrise.

Sigiriya is a rock temple part of UNESCO world heritage and its entrance fee is $30!!!! Whaaaat?!? Of course I didn't pay that much! Instead the night before we asked the hostel to arrange transport to Pidurangala, another big rock overlooking Singiriya that costs only 500rupees (Traveling on a budget means you have to pick and choose the activities wisely.)

I arrived in Sri Lanka at 10pm, went to the ATM, grabbed a SIM and off I went to find a tuk tuk to take me to my airport hostel.

I arrived in Sandakan airport (Borneo) and took a taxi to my "hotel", uncle Tan. I had looked up different places to stay but at the end decided to stay where my tour to the jungle was going to start but I think it was a mistake! The place was super run down and a little yucky! The bathroom doors didn't close, the shower had more mold than paint and the sinks were brown and one sink even had a slug roaming around it! In my 23 1/2 hours there I peed twice, that's how yucky it was!

Kandy

Polonnaruwa

Sigiriya and Dambulla

Sri Lanka

Borneo

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