4.Mirror wall
On your way to the top golden 'Mirror wall ' is another amazing feature you'll find only in Sigiriya.It's a wall plastered using a special plaster mixing honey, lime and egg white and had polished with bee wax until it reflects an image perfectly.
Mirror wall was a protective wall has later become a spot where the tourist who visits the place caved poems and comments describing the beauty of the castle and the ladies(painting).
I don't know why King Kashyapa was so bothered to polish even just a protective wall for the stairs.But if he decorated a protective wall in such a way,I could imagine, how the rest was like, back then.
Mirror wall
5.Lion stairs
Half of the way to the top you'll find a place where you have to continue your journey up to the top, under a giant lion.
It's believed that the king Kashyapa has sculptured the whole face of a lion.Unfortunately, with the time it has been destroyed for some reason. You can see it better in the animated video at the museum there.
Lion stair
6. View and the wind waiting for you
And there, at last, the view!!!I found the top+my painful legs.The blue sky,the white cloud roofing the rock , the strong wind blowing that tries to carry us with it and the beautiful scenery visible around the rock with no line but the sky, made me realise it worth my steps I climbed and all the calories I burned along the way.
Top of Sigiriya
Endless view around
7. Sigiriya Museum
If you visit Sigiriya never forgets to visit the museum beneath the rock.There, you'll realise what you exactly saw and be really inspired about Sigiriya with the videos they have arranged for the visitor to show how Sigiriya really was in King Kashyapa's time.
Make sure you never miss the wallpaper hang with the comments and drawing of the present locals which are so fun and cool.
Model of Sigiriya palace
The king who lived a super luxury life with 500 gorgeous queens with an enchanting palace with beautiful tropical gardens and water parks and even with an ancient version of night clubs is really an artist who created a masterpiece. Most important thing is the though he owns 500 wives, he only had children with one wife, the first queen!
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