Sigiriya Rock

in #travel7 years ago

Some pictures from Sigiriya, the site of an ancient palace, overlooking some of the oldest landscaped gardens in the world. February 2017
Sigiriya rock, from the south
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The ruins of the ancient palace, after a 2 hour hike up the rock
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The view on the ancient gardens from the palace
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View to the Knuckles mountain range to the north
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Ruins at the base of the rock, surrounding the gardens
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Wow, nice pictures. My reminiscences of the last visit came in to my mind and compels me to go there again.

Wow that picture of the mountains is simply breathtaking

Thank you! I unfortunately did not get to the range to hike, but the view from the distance was good enough ;)

Interesting looking place...seems like a fun hike.

What part of the world are you showing us? Srilanka?

Yes Mike, these first pictures are from a trip to Sri Lanka the past winter.

Thanks, big world out there..steemit opens up..

I wish i could get there!!