Ha, the famous eastern susceptibility… The Indian authorities have not appreciated the vision of their country carried by the Indiana Jones script and the cursed temple,recently on screens. It must be said that we see a terrifying sect of assassins hidden in the luxuriance of a palace of maharajahs…
Still at the top of the box office more than a month after its theatrical release, Steven Spielberg was unable to take advantage of the Indian landscapes to shoot his film and turned to Sri Lanka, near Kandy to be precise. The team used the now-completed construction site of a dam to build the famous suspension bridge where one of the suspenseful action scenes takes place. Your stay in Kandy will fortunately be less stressful.
Surrounded by green mountains, this ancient capital of Sinhalese kings is an excellent starting point for discovering Sri Lanka’s riches. Quiet, beautiful and temperate, Kandy is also the center of the spiritual life of the country. However, apart from the Buddha’s Tooth Temple, there is relatively little to visit in the city. This would give you time to tour the surrounding area in the footsteps of Harrison Ford.
Taking a bath with the elephants
Perhaps he will have left his whip or his galurin in the beautiful botanical garden of Peradeniya… It was here that British Governor Edward Barnes planted the first tea plants in the gardens of a 14th century royal residence. Today, hundreds of tree and plant species are scattered here.
For a less calm and romantic atmosphere, the Millennium Elephant Foundation offers to participate in the daily life of elephants collected by the foundation. And on the way back to Kandy, where an Ayurvedic massage awaits you, the temples of Gadaladeniya and Lankatilaka are open to visitors. Finally, “offer” themselves, a way of speaking… Their access is not the easiest but that’s also the adventure!
