Day procession 28 Aug 2:18 PM: where to stand when the sun is on the street — 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. Where to stand when the sun is on the street.
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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. the palace-wall shade strip 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. Call the desk before you guess a late checkout.
We used a baby carrier, not a stroller, on the palace-wall shade strip for Final Randoli. Stroller people were parked in doorways looking miserable. Carrier was the whole trick. One pin, not three maybes.
Cash before you sit. The stall behind the palace-wall shade strip wants notes. Card machines pretend to exist. First light is for the temple; night is for the street.
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