First of all it was dark when we checked in, so here is where we are staying – spacious ground floor and have used the pool.
So today is an early start to see Sigiriya – again worth checking out as it has an amazing history. Anyway, only 1200 steps to the remains of the King’s Palace at the top. It isn’t great for photos, but we were very very pleased it was cloudy.
Couple of bits we especially liked. If you look at the bottom of this Boulder it is actually on pillars – ready to be levered off and rolled down the hill if attacked, although it was never used.
The right hand side is the foundations of the King’s court – amazingly it was sliced off the cliff on the left and then built on.
This is taken from about 3/4 of the way up and you can see the final climb to the top.
Proof that one of us made it, and note two final steps added to the 1200.
And finally the view from the top of the Water Gardens and a Buddha (white near the top and
modern).
