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it s what i do it s what i do from a brilliant red ninja650r to a dusky black fjr 1300 the journey continues 12 february 2020 2020 a new decade this blog has not been updated for some time as life has been busy but in a good way time to restart part 1 recently we were invited to cruise on a yacht with the lotus club following the evora 400 we reached the marina and parked mclaren all sizes and shapes were here from the smaller to the bigger after a nice cruise bites and whisky we toured the yachts very very nice part 2 being gluttons for drives we did the same trip the next day with the porsche club after a spirited drive we arrive same parking lead car back to the marina onto the yacht more pictures this day compared to yesterday nice interior the air conditioned lounge and the servers oh look more booze classy we set sail a nice catamaran and many other activities after a nice round trip we head back the day before and on this day we were given a test drive of aston martins latest dbs aston martin dbs v12 5 2l biturbo with 715hp 900nm torque it was amazing what a rush what a great weekend part 3 oh look blue in a fit of madness we sold both the red lotus and red porsche madam s new ride replacing her porsche 987 2 the new porsche 718 very very powerful and replacing the lotus elise s my new porsche 981 it has pse and it sings a drive with the porsche club to test our rides many powerful cars an early cloudy morning blue and white a short regroup here new toys the performance benchmark and we re off full sports exhaust in the hills what a day many adventures will be posted soon but for now we can say thank you for the memories and welcome to the family posted by griffin at 5 12 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 28 february 2019 sri lanka 2019 day 1 during the recent chinese new year holidays we decided to go for a holiday 2018 sucked so we decided to rest rather than move around a lot nice lounge at klia good food too then fly check in and zzzzz day 2 the views the next morning from negombo in sri lanka not too bad looking forward to some r r the view from our breakfast lounge and balcony after a swim in the afternoon what s better than a beer by the beach and the sunsets lovely day 3 i get bored easily so we threw in some touring we will come here later sigiriya or lion rock first we visit polonnaruwa this is an ancient man made reservoir the second most ancient of sri lanka s kingdoms polonnaruwa was first declared the capital city by king vijayabahu i who defeated chola invaders in 1070 to reunite the country once more under a local leader after ruling the country for over 1 400 years the kingdom of anuradhapura fell in 1017 to the chola king rajaraja and his son rajendra who took king mahinda v as a captive to india where he died in 1029 the cholas shifted the capital to polonnaruwa and ruled sri lanka for 53 years surrounding ancient foundations the remnants of the royal palace the place for the king to confer with his advisers richly decorated ollies and lions hatadage sinhala හැටදාගේ is an ancient relic shrine in the city of polonnaruwa sri lanka it was built by king nissanka malla and had been used to keep the relic of the tooth of the buddha the polonnaruwa vatadage is an ancient structure dating back to the kingdom of polonnaruwa of sri lanka it is believed to have been built during the reign of parakramabahu i to hold the relic of the tooth of the buddha or during the reign of nissanka malla of polonnaruwa to hold the alms bowl used by the buddha carved interlocking stones like in peru nissanka latha mandapaya sinhala නිශ්ශංක ලතා මණ්ඩපය is a unique structure in the ancient city of polonnaruwa in sri lanka a màndapa is a pillared structure that is open on all sides and protects the persons inside from the sun with a roof a nearby stone inscription identifies this as the building used by nissanka malla to listen to pirith chanting of buddhist scriptures sadly unused now built for the protection of a small stupa the structure has two stone platforms decorated with elaborate stone carvings the lower platform is entered through a single entrance facing the north while the second platform can be accessed through four doorways facing the four cardinal points the upper platform surrounded by a brick wall contains the stupa four buddha statues are seated around it each facing one of the entrances three concentric rows of stone columns had also been positioned here presumably to support a wooden roof the entire structure is decorated with stone carvings some of the carvings at the polonnaruwa vatadage such as its sandakada pahanas are considered to be the best examples of such architectural features one of the more mysterious historical places of sri lanka the satmahal prasada is a seven storied building in the form of an east asian pagoda the structure is attributed to parakramabahu the great of polonnaruwa but beyond that we have no other details surrounding it for one the style does not correspond to any other artistic style in sri lanka with each segment of the prasada being square in shape the base has four 32 foot sides and they taper to a point at the seventh floor the floors do have carvings and statues incised into each of them and there is only one entrance into the building in the ground floor the rock lying there is huge and fully inscribed with ancient texts rankoth vehera is a stupa located in the ancient city of polonnaruwa in sri lanka the stupa was built by nissanka malla of polonnaruwa who ruled the country from 1187 to 1196 rankoth vehera is structure made entirely of brick and has a base diameter of 550 feet 170 m and a height of 108 feet 33 m however the original shape of the stupa particularly its upper portion has been changed during renovation work carried out by later rulers and it is estimated that the original height of rankoth vehera may have been almost 200 feet 61 m despite this it remains the largest stupa in the ancient city of polonnaruwa and the fourth largest stupa in the country nearby we see this the gal vihara sinhalese ගල් විහාරය also known as gal viharaya and originally as the uttararama is a rock temple of the buddha situated in the ancient city of polonnaruwa in north central province sri lanka it was fashioned in the 12th century by parakramabahu i the central feature of the temple is four rock relief statues of the buddha which have been carved into the face of a large granite rock the main feature of gal vihara is the four images of the buddha that have been carved on a single large granite rock face considered to be among the best examples of the rock carving and sculpting arts of the ancient sinhalese after that we visited a nearby village for some traditional sinhalese food not too bad after lunch the tour continues first we pass the moat looks like angkor we are headed there sigiriya or sinhagiri lion rock sinhalese සීගිරිය tamil சிகிரியா pronounced see gi ri yə is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern matale district near the town of dambulla in the central province sri lanka the name refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres 660 ft high the surrounding city lakes everywhere all man made according to the ancient sri lankan chronicle the culavamsa this site was selected by king kasyapa 477 495 ce for his new capital he built his palace on the top of this rock and decorated its sides with colourful frescoes on a small plateau about halfway up the side of this rock he built a gateway in the form of an enormous lion sigiriya consists of an ancient citadel built by king kashyapa during the 5th century the sigiriya site contains the ruins of an upper palace located on the flat top of the rock a mid level terrace that includes the lion gate and the mirror wall with its frescoes the lower palaces located behind the lavish lower gardens and moats and ramparts which protected the citadel the site was both a palace and a fortress the upper palace on the top of the rock includes cisterns cut into the rock and more 1200 steps to the top joy and its all walking ah well the views from half way up sigiriya is considered to be one of the most important urban planning sites of the first millennium and the site plan is considered very elaborate and imaginative the plan combined concepts of symmetry and asymmetry to intentionally interlock the man made geometrical and natural forms of the surroundings on the west side of the rock lies a park for the royals laid out on a symmetrical plan the park contains water retaining structures including sophisticated surface subsurface hydraulic systems some of which are working today the south contains a man made reservoir these were extensively used from the previous capital of the dry zone of sri lanka five gates were placed at entrances the more elaborate western gate is thought to have been reserved for the royals originally this wall was so highly polished that the king could see himself whilst he walked alongside it made of brick masonry and covered in highly polished white plaster the wall is now partially covered with verses scribbled by visitors some of them dating from as early as the 8th century the archaeological commissioner of ceylon senarath paranavithana deciphered 685 verses written in the 8th 9th and 10th centuries ce on the mirror wall more views see the boulder in the background if you knock the rock rods the whole thing comes down defensive architecture finally we reach the lions foot its not too high to the top but the crowds were crazy all those people are standing in line to get to the top and the line is not even moving also the stairs is for both going up and coming down so we decided to stop here a huge boulder cut to make a water cistern and those grooves are for meditation some internet pictures without the crowds the lions feet the whole vista and the ruins and water tanks at the top after a long day its back and zzzzz day 4 the last day of touring we went to see the ollies pinnawala elephant orphanage is an orphanage nursery and captive breeding ground for wild asian elephants located at pinnawala village 13 km 8 1 mi northeast of kegalle town in sabaragamuwa province of sri lanka pinnawala has the largest herd of captive elephants in the world big ones this is the classic photo of pinnawala the bring the elephants to the river in groups as there are too many of them they are enjoying the cool water classic the elephant orphanage is on the other side of the road so the whole convoy passes here coconuts in one of the shops quite cool here they come this is just one group the ever present wheel barrow ha ha ha then the next group comes along in the orphanage proper there are more elephants feeding time we head back and get a fantastic sunset what a day day 5 6 7 and 8 we just ate swam slept and relaxed a very nice beach steep though looking back at our room and the huge sandy flats nice to walk here and look at the sunset but mostly this we came here to relax and sri lanka delivered cheers posted by griffin at 6 08 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me griffin view my complete profile blog archive 2020 1 feb 2020 1 2020 a new decade 2019 3 feb 2019 2 jan 2019 1 2018 3 dec 2018 1 feb 2018 1 jan 2018 1 2017 7 dec 2017 2 sep 2017 1 may 2017 1 feb 2017 2 jan 2017 1 2016 15 dec 2016 1 oct 2016 1 sep 2016 2 aug 2016 1 may 2016 3 apr 2016 2 mar 2016 2 jan 2016 3 2015 20 dec 2015 1 nov 2015 2 oct 2015 4 sep 2015 3 aug 2015 1 apr 2015 2 mar 2015 2 jan 2015 5 2014 9 oct 2014 1 aug 2014 3 jul 2014 1 may 2014 1 feb 2014 3 2013 18 dec 2013 6 nov 2013 1 oct 2013 2 aug 2013 2 jun 2013 1 may 2013 1 mar 2013 1 feb 2013 3 jan 2013 1 2012 16 dec 2012 4 oct 2012 2 jul 2012 1 jun 2012 1 may 2012 2 apr 2012 1 mar 2012 2 feb 2012 1 jan 2012 2 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