SRI LANKA - PEGASUS REEF HOTEL - DAY 03 - PART 04

Perjalanan kami ke Colombo diteruskan.

Dan seperti kebiasaan saya, mesti capture some street shots :). Waktu ni dah hampir pukul 3 petang.

Tuk tuk being repaired. Ehh.. ada lembu and anak lembu. Ada penjual King coconut. I told Terrence we hardly see any cats/stray cats. Kata Terrence anjing jalanan memang banyak di Sri Lanka tapi kucing hardly any. Most dibela duduk dalam rumah :).

Aberdeen Falls Resort ni menyediakan pelbagai aktiviti2 seperti outbound training, trekking, confident jumping, sliding, rafting, bird watching, camping, nature tours, caving and camp fire. So if your company ada nak buat team building suggest la ke sini :).

Road signboards di sana ada dalam 3 bahasa: Sinhalese, Tamil dan English.

Di sana juga ada banyak bridal shops. Masa ni di Yatiyanthota road, Avissawella.

Bottom left: Seethawakapura Main Bus Stand, Avissawella. 
Colombo lagi 57 km. 
Colombo dalam Sinhalese gini rupa tulisannya: කොළඹ dan dalam Tamil கொழும்பு. As you can see, tulisan Sinhalese dan Tamil adalah berbeza.
Ada lembu di tengah pekan sedang tidur.. hehehe... 

Yang ni pula Avissawella Railway Station. 

Video pendek perjalanan kami....

Pelajar2 sekolah berjalan atas landasan keretapi. Landasan ni still in active use which made it quite dangerous lah. 

Patut la, landasan keretapi ni betul2 depan entrance sekolah! 

Amaran2 begini juga adalah dalam 3 bahasa.

This is the Headquarters for the Sri Lankan Volunteer Force. 

Unlike bandar seperti Bangkok contohnya, di Sri Lanka memang susah nak nampak sami2 buddha mereka. This is the one and only buddhist monk photo that I managed to capture out on the streets. 

Masa dalam perjalanan ni, I took the opportunity to ask Terrence a variety of questions, like, what's Sri Lanka's national sports. Kata Terrence it is volleyball. Eh, bukan cricket ke? Bukan kata dia, tapi cricket adalah sangat popular di Sri Lanka. 
Saya juga tanya tentang Sri Lanka's domestic flights. Terrence cerita di Sri Lanka ni ada 2 international airports dan 13 domestic airports. Juga ada dalam 20 waterdomes [untuk seaplanes mendarat]. Airport yang kami mendarat hari tu, Bandaranaike International Airport, adalah lapangan terbang utama Sri Lanka. Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport pula adalah lapangan terbang internasional kedua Sri Lanka. Domestic airport pula ialah Ratmalana Airport.  

Sebuah rumah dan laman yang typical di Sri Lanka. 

Shots of Sri Lankan going about their daily life. 

Di Makola Road, Kiribathgoda. I shared by observations with Terrence kata saya hardly see anyone smokes. Terrence said smoking in Sri Lanka is prohibited in public places. Also cigarettes are very expensive. 

Di Kandy Road, Kiribathgoda.

Top left photo: Hemas Hospital, a private hospital chain.
Top right: Hendala Purana Viharaya temple.

Top photos: Christian roadside statues.

Ini adalah the Dutch Hamilton Canal. More of this canal later lah :).

Penjual2 ikan di tepi Dutch Hamilton Canal.

Terrence kata esok kita akan berhenti dan jalan2 di sini. Elok la pun sebab memang la saya kalau tempat2 macam ni suka ambik2 gambar, tapi sebenarnya pun saya dah rasa agak letih dan nak cepat sampai hotel. Nak rehat. Maklum la umur dah macam ni, dok lama2 dalam kereta cepat lenguh... hehehe...

Actually dapat shots dari dalam kereta macam ni pun dah cukup bagus pada saya. 

Still, kalau dapat jalan2 di situ even better la kan.. hehehe...

Alhamdulliah, kami selamat sampai ke Pegasus Reef Hotel. Ehh... ada wedding photoshoot. Apparently, later I found out, hotel ni memang famous for wedding photoshoot. Cool!

Ada 2 couples masa ni tengah photoshoot. 

Bilik cukup selesa. Di tepi katil ada dibentang pengesat kaki, which is a new thing for us.. hehe. Lepas shower, solat dan rehat sekejap kami pun keluar nak round2 hotel dan ambik gambar. 

Hotel Pegasus Reef, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Jumpa couple tadi. Saya pun sembang2 la kejap dengan the groom masa the bride tengah shooting. Baik orangnya. Boleh cakap English sikit2. Saya kata saya dari KL, terus dia informed yang he and his wife will be honeymooning in Malaysia and will be staying at a hotel in Bukit Bintang. Terus saya teringat yg KL masa tu tengah jerebu tapi tak sampai hati nak bagitau dia. Takut spoilt their honeymoon. But then I'm sure he had been told kan.

Ok, jom round2 hotel. Cantik. Ada pokok2 kelapa. Angin pun nice je since hotel ni tepi pantai. 

Terserempak dengan satu lagi couple.

Boleh cuci kaki dalam alur2 tu lepas jalan2 di pantai. 

Ok, jom ke pantai pula. Cantik dan bersih.

Tu, on the left is the hotel. 

Itu adalah pelabuhan perikanan di Handala. Ada banyak bot2 nelayan dan di situ memang tempat nelayan park bot2 mereka.

A few locals on the beach.

Memang cantik beach ni. Cuaca pulak just nice, tak panas since masa tu musim hujan.

Indian Ocean. Dan ini adalah Prithipura [or Preethipura] beach. 

Sayup di sana ialah bandar Colombo. We'll be going for a tour there tomorrow. 

Beach boy. We were told by Terrence to be very careful with them. Actually he approached us and offered to take our photos, which we refused politely. Dia ok, tak la pushy. After that we just ignored him and he left. 

More locals enjoying this beautiful beach. 

Ada juga locals yang datang memancing.

Tak pasti apa kata signboard tu, may be jangan mandi since the waves are very strong. We also saw red flags. Dah seagulls tak de, gagak pun jadi la.. hehehe...

Laut Hindi yang indah. SubhanAllah.

A short video of the Indian Ocean. Kuat bunyi anginnya!


Lepas tu kami berehat sekejap di tepi kolam. Ada staff dari restoran asked if we wanted to order any drinks. But we did not la.  

Seating area by the pool.

View of pool/Pegasus Reef hotel.

Tengah duduk2 tu kami nampak couple tadi tengah shooting di padang sebelah pool pula. Pe lagi, ngezoom ler... hehehe... Sama handsome dan cantik mereka berdua ni. Macam pinang dibelah dua. 

They are shooting photos and videos as well. 

Elegant.

Bridesmaid in bright yellow sarees. 

So gentleman :).

Beautiful bouquet.

Wefie! But of course! :)

Then kami balik semula ke bilik, rehat dn turun makan malam. Sedap! Ada hidangan sotong dan udang malam tu :).

Ada pemuzik memainkan tradisional music yang bunyinya betul2 macam lagu asli Melayu. 

Lepas makan kami jalan2 sikit and I took a few night shots. Since tak bawak tripod a couple of times letak kamera atas rumput je la... hehehe... 

Balik bilik, rehat2 lagi dan baca magazines. Just wanted to share some of the print adverts :).

Also nak share iklan TV Sri Lanka.. hehehe...


Bersambung dengan bahagian Day 04 - Part 01.... memorial hall.... 

Di bawah ni saya senaraikan kesemua links untuk entries Sri Lanka saya:

1) SRI LANKA - DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL - DAY 01 - PART 01

2) SRI LANKA - ELEPHANT ORPHANAGE PINNAWALA - DAY 01 - PART 02

3) SRI LANKA - SUSANTHA SPICE AND HERBAL GARDEN - DAY 01 - PART 03

4) SRI LANKA - KANDY CULTURAL SHOW - DAY 01 - PART 04

5) SRI LANKA - FOOT BRIDGE AND GEMS - DAY 02 - PART 01

6) SRI LANKA - UPPER LAKE DRIVE AND RAJANIMA CRAFT - DAY 02 - PART 02

7) SRI LANKA - GUNATILAKE BATIKS AND TEA PLANTATIONS - DAY 02 - PART 03

8) SRI LANKA - GLENLOCH TEA FACTORY - DAY 02 - PART 04

9) SRI LANKA - RAMBODA WATER FALLS AND KOTMALE DAM - DAY 02 - PART 05

10) SRI LANKA - JETWING ST. ANDREW'S HOTEL - DAY 02 - PART 06

11) SRI LANKA - ST. CLAIR'S FALLS AND DEVON FALL - DAY 03 - PART 01

12) SRI LANKA - A PROCESSION - DAY 03 - PART 02

13) SRI LANKA - TEA PLANTATION AND ADAM'S PEAK - DAY 03 - PART 03

14) SRI LANKA - PEGASUS REEF HOTEL - DAY 03 - PART 04

15) SRI LANKA - INDEPENDENCE MEMORIAL HALL - DAY 04 - PART 01

16) SRI LANKA - TUK TUK TOUR - SHAIK USMAN SHRINE AND MOSQUE - WOLVENDAAL CHURCH - DAY 04 - PART 02

17) SRI LANKA - TOWN HALL - RAJASINGHE GUARD - COLOMBO PORT MONUMENT - DAY 04 - PART 03

18) SRI LANKA - GANGARAMAYA TEMPLE - STREET PAINTINGS - DAY 04 - PART 04
19) SRI LANKA - MODARA TEMPLE - HAMILTON CANAL - DAY 04 - PART 05
20) SRI LANKA - GOING HOME - DAY 05

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