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Memories of Sri Lanka with the kids

November 16, 2016
by leapandhop
Family / I Spy Game / leap & hop / sigiriya / Sri Lanka / Travel

Continuing with our winter destinations, this week it’s all about Sri Lanka. For such a small island, Sri Lanka offers an amazing variety of landscapes, climates and people. Here are the 7 places/activities that our kids will never forget about our trip to Sri Lanka: 1. The Sea Turtles Along the west coast of Sri Lanka, there is a conservation project that studies and helps turtles in their nesting and hatching habits.  It’s called The Kosgoda […]

I-Spy in Sri Lanka

October 9, 2014
by leapandhop
kandy / polonnaruwa / sigiriya / Sri Lanka

Painted maidens on the walls in Sigiriya? Check! Elephant carvings in the ruins of Polonnaruwa? Check! Moonstones in Kandy? Check! After exercising their observation skills with Leap & Hop in the cultural triangle of Sri Lanka, Tamir, Ayala and their family were prepared for the real challenge: birding and looking for wildlife in the natural parks of Sri Lanka.   Can you identify these beautiful birds?