Kandy

 

After a twelve hour drive, we finally arrived to Kandy.  The first thing we noticed were lots of shops and finally some tourists.  We were quite hungry so our driver took us to a small restaurant where we had our favourite kottu roti.  Yes, we didn't learn from our previous experience:-).  Once again though, even after assuring us that there will be no chilli in our meals, there was chilli everywhere and the food was so hot that we couldn't eat it.  But for the price of 190RP per portion we didn't dwell on it.

 

The next morning, we headed off to the famous Tooth Relic Temple which opens at 5.30am.  To our surprise there were already many local people paying their respects.  You have to pass through the security to check for weapons and then you have to remove your shoes.  We were not thrilled about it as the area was quite large and we had to walk on the sand, and pavement which in some parts was stained with blood.  After we paid an entry fee of 1000RP (locals have free entry), we headed to the temple.  To our huge disappointment, there is only one room where locals pay their respects and nothing else to see.  So to pay over 10AUD fee per person was a huge rip off.  We've seen many temples around Asia and this was probably the worst one.  It has a huge meaning for Budhists but to us it was nothing spectacular.