{"id":7095,"date":"2015-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/2015\/05\/09\/on-the-go-with-the-come-and-go-girls\/"},"modified":"2015-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T00:00:00","slug":"on-the-go-with-the-come-and-go-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spindelmaker.bluesystems.no\/?p=7095","title":{"rendered":"on the go with the come-and-go girls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Strange title? Our guide today , when learning our names, found that this is what our names sound like in Singhalese: Anne sounds like&nbsp;\u201ccome\u201d, and Janne sounds like \u201cgo\u201d. So now we are the Come-and-Go-girls!<\/p>\n

Well, today, we\u00b4ve pretty much been on the go all day, here are just a few of the things we\u00b4ve seen and done.<\/p>\n

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We started the day visiting the Rock Temple at Dambulla. 5 big, natural caves were transformed into Buddhist temples of worship, filled with Buddha-sculptures around the rooms. And frescos filled the ceilings and walls.<\/p>\n

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There are some very impressive reclining Buddhas here. And loads of beautiful ornamentation, which I\u00b4ll come back to in another post.<\/p>\n

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Below&nbsp;is Sigiriya, one of the most special places in Sri Lanka. A naturally shaped mountain with caves, and a fort built on the top. 1500 years ago 6000 people lived on and around the top here! There are huge gardens below, fresco-painted caves, and a big pool on the very top of the mountain. And yes, we did go all the 1221 steps to the top.<\/p>\n

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About half-way up, there are some natural caves. They had been painted with fresco-paintings with portraits of all of the king\u00b4s 500 concubines. Some of them have survived centuries of &nbsp;monsoon rain and weather, and below you can see two of them. All the paints are natural colors from plants and minerals, and they still look gorgeous today.<\/p>\n

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We rode an elephant part of the way to Sigiriya. Since Anne is a tough woman, who carries a rifle&nbsp;to work, in case a hungry polar bear comes around, I got the honor of sitting in front \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Strange title? Our guide today , when learning our names, found that this is what our names sound like in Singhalese: Anne<\/p>\n

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