The Dambulla caves.

Dambulla, 18-10-1994. Near Kandy is a place with a name similar to Dambulla and this being Asia with all its misunderstandings, i ended up in the bus to this place mentally convinced i was on the bus to the real Dambulla. But after nearly one year in Asia i have become wary at times and mananged to get out of the bus just prior to departure. The cave temples Dambulla is famous for, are just a mere hundert meters above my guest house and about three km. outside the village. Funny enough the place has no admission charge which is remarkable for Sri Lanka where they try to get a much out of the foreign tourist as they can! Quite nice caves really. The caves contain statues of Lord Buddha in various positions, most of the walls are covered with images of Lord Buddha as well. I did, however, discover a mural of Lord Ganesh and a statue of what looked like a king with a throne on his head.