Colombo Misc

 

Here's some miscellaneous pictures of another weekend walk around Colombo. We got our 10,000 steps and saw some new things near us.

Colombo National Museum - First Floor

 

Living overseas allows us to be slow tourists. We explored the first floor of the nearby Colombo National Museum and started getting hungry. It was easy to break for lunch and come back another day instead of powering through to see the entire museum in one visit like a typical tourist experience. We may not come back very soon because we're busy for the holidays, but we have plenty of time to return. Here's a look at just the first floor of this museum filled with historical artifacts of Sri Lanka.

Negombo Sri Lanka

 

Negombo is a town near the airport. It's about an hour drive north of where we live with several beach hotels, which seem to be convenient for people at the airport. We decided to spend two nights at one for an easy get away from the city. It made for a nice little break with very little travel effort.

Bali - Padang Padang Beach & Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park

 

We started our last day in Bali with a walk down many stairs in the cliff to the Padang Padang Beach before it got crowded. It was a beautiful beach and the shooting location for the beach scenes in the movie Eat, Pray, Love. We ended the day at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park.

Bali - Uluwatu Temple

We moved from Ubud to a more expensive resort on the coast in Uluwatu for a couple of nights. We wanted to see other things and end the trip closer to the airport. We visited Uluwatu Temple to watch the sunset for the first night.

Bali - Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary

 

Monkeys deserve their own post here like the puffins in Iceland. They have their own sacred sanctuary with temples in it, so obviously they're some important monkeys.

Bali - Tegallalang Rice Terrace, Ubud Palace, & Museum Puri Lukisan

Here's various places we explored in the Ubud area of Bali. The overall beauty of the area is a feast for the eyes. I wonder how it is for people who are always surrounded by it? Sometimes you have to leave where you are and compare it to other places to properly appreciate the beauty of your own home (if there is any).