Day 8 - Grand Kandyon Hotel

We were up early today as we were making the journey to Kandy to experience the luxury of the opulent Grand Kandyon Hotel. It took us a few hours to get to Kandy and gave us another experience of the strange rules of the road in Sri Lanka, which I don’t think we’re any close to understanding who actually has right of way.

We arrived at the hotel and it didn’t disappoint it was very blingy with deep greens, purples and gold everywhere with a lot of people in reception to meet us. We checked in and took in the amazing views from the balconies before the boys made their way to destroy the very impressive buffet! 

After lunch we had a tour around a large Buddhist temple in the heart of Kandy, which proved to be very interesting and highlighted how much religion is part of the culture here. There was no need for sarongs this time much to the boys disappointment but they did have to cover knees and shoulders out of respect. 

Matt Fisk made a local trader very happy when he paid significantly over the odds for his merchandise due to a lack of haggling/negotiating on the price. The guy couldn’t believe it when Matt took his first offer and the deal was done! 

We had a brief walk around Kandy to have a look at the local shops before heading back to the hotel. This gave the boys the opportunity to make use of the gym and also enjoy the roof top swimming pool before dinner. This was some welcome luxury after the forest hotel and again the buffet didn’t disappoint as everyone had plates piled high and finished their meals with a good selection from the desserts.