Daily Archives: 17/03/2026

Read this blog: The one where we approve of dipped strawberries Friday 13th and Saturday 14th March 2026 After breakfast we went for a short stroll round Kandy, past the ubiquitous Clock Tower. The majority of places we have visited have one. They were built predominantly by the British as a central landmark to help people to find their way around the town. In some instances they are also memorials. We then went to look at the Municipal Central Market. Many tourists seemed to be buying spices and Matilda was quite tempted to take some vanilla pods home, having seen them recently growing in a spice garden, but was not sure if this was a permitted import to the UK. In the afternoon, the monkeys made a return appearance on the balcony where they seemed to be interested in coming inside. On Saturday we had originally planned that we would get the train from Kandy to Nuwara Eliya which is also known as ‘Little England’. Unfortunately this section is not yet running after the cyclone damage at the end of last year. We therefore made the journey by car and the driver took us to a number of sights on […]