First stop was a sacred site at Mihintale with 300 steps to the site and then another 100 each to the Stupa, the Buddha and the rock upon which a monk appeared to the king (in the 4th century BC).
Then we stopped at a small Eco lodge - The Other Corner - for a tour of the vegetable garden and a cookery demonstration. Picked and cooked long beans in spices and coconut milk to add to the 7 other dishes that were already prepared for lunch. Interesting to see how simple the recipe was - came away with a cook book to try at home
Moved on to Minneriya National park for another Jeep Safari - this time looking for Elephants in Mahindra Jeeps.
Fairly chaotic set up - apparently there's a restriction on the number of jeeps in the park but didn't seem that way. Elephant sightings were few and far between and each time there was a crowd of jeeps jockeying for position.
After a couple of hours in full sun - and 5 elephants - we agreed to head home and, of course then had our best sighting.
Think we saw more elephants along the highway than we did in the Park and we managed to get to our hotel in time for a sunset swim.
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