We continue this fifth day, already exhausted by the fantastic walk at Sigiriya this morning. But we will not be disappointed either this afternoon.
Polonnaruwa is a place full with archaeological wonders. If you followed the previous posts, you already know Sri Lanka tries hard to put in the best possible light an impressive cultural heritage. Nothing to envy to countries like the Egypt or Jordan.

Un peu d’histoire sur ce lien vers la page wikipedia mais encore une fois, on trouvera plus de details sur le site AmazingLanka.

Le site est très vaste et il faut être véhiculé pour aller d’un point à un autre. Comme la veille à Anuradhapura, notre conducteur nous négocie les services d’un guide (officiel ou en tout cas on pourrait presque le croire car il est dans le centre d’accueil touristique). On se déplacera à 4 ou 5 endroits différents en quelques heures, sous un soleil accablant.

A little bit of history available on wikipedia but again, we’ll find much more details on AmazingLanka.

Polonnaruwa is a very large site and it’s necessary to use a car to get from one point to another. Like he did in Anuradhapura, our van driver negotiates the services of a guide (a legit or at least one it seems so, because he was in the tourist information center). We will visit to 4 or 5 different places within a few hours under the hot sun.

Royal Court of king Parakramabahu – පරාක්‍රමභාහු රාජ සභා මණ්ඩපය

Kumara Pokuna – කුමාර පොකුණ

Polonnaruwa Vatadage (The Stupa House) – වටදාගෙය

Hetadage – හැටදාගේ

Palace of King Parakramabahu the Great – වෛජන්ත ප්‍රාසාදය

Gal Potha (Stone Book) – ගල් පොත

Sathmahal Prasada (Seven Storied Palace) – සත්මහල් ප්‍රාසාදය