Day procession 28 Aug 2:18 PM: elder prefers daylight, we prefer drums at night — still on Friday?
We can hear drums already from the room and we are still packing water. Dahawal Perahera is listed 2:18 PM on Friday 28 Aug. Festival ends after that. Elder prefers daylight, we prefer drums at night.
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Agree a tuk drop on Peradeniya Road or Katugastota Road, not on Raja Veediya at 2:18 PM. The grid is cones and shoulders. cafe balcony over Dalada you reach on foot with bottles already bought. Dahawal is the day procession at 2:18 PM, not a night replay. Kinder for kids and elders, harsher sun. No Saturday Kandy restart after it. Then tea, then the room.
We used a baby carrier, not a stroller, on cafe balcony over Dalada for Final Randoli. Stroller people were parked in doorways looking miserable. Carrier was the whole trick. Meeting pin in writing, not a WhatsApp voice note you cannot hear.
Cash before you sit. The stall behind cafe balcony over Dalada wants notes. Card machines pretend to exist. Poncho in the daypack even if the sky looks smug.
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