Maria's European Adventure: Sri Lanka (part 3)

And the saga continues...

We arrived in Dambulla that evening and checked into an okay guest house. Then I noticed the ants. Then I got horrific stomach/rib cramps. This was the worst food poisoning of my life - thanks fancy hotel in Colombo! I decided skipping dinner would be best for everyone, showered with the ants and then went to bed early once a large dose of tylenol helped the intense food poisoning pain subside.

In the morning I was feeling a bit better was but was still rather weak and didn't have much of an appetite. Again, I choked down a few slices of toast and we were off - for the most physical days of all my trip. Prefect given that I'd only really eaten 4 slices of toast in 48 hours.

First stop of the day was the Dambulla Cave Temples. It was only a 300 step climb to the caves which is not an easy feat when one is deathly ill and it is really warm out. But I made it, after several people stopped me to ask if I was okay. But it was most certainly worth the physical excretion to make it to the top.

The main entrance to the cave temples