Temple and Hoppers in Colombo!

We spent a few days in our hotel in Colombo – the same as we stayed at when we were here a week ago. This time we had time left for a little sightseeing including the Gangaramaya Temple, a Buddhist temple, and a long walk (19 km in one day!) through the city center.

The temple was really strange – we have never seen such a large amount of Buddhas in one place before, in all kind of materials and in a big mess. And it was all mixed with a lot of other figures and in the middle of everything a full size elephant, we hope it was not a stuffed real one – though we have read somewhere that it could be.

One evening we went to a restaurant nearby our hotel to have a Sri Lankan dish, “Hopperbuffe”. Hoppers are made of rice flour and are either shaped like a bowl or like noodles and are served with different curries and various strong stews. Nothing amazing when it comes to taste. We were the only westerners there so we got a lot of attention from the waiters.