On December 17, 1988 when school had just ended for the summer vacation, we decided to do a road trip of the Cultural Triangle. This trip was quite risky as the LTTE has just bombed some buses close to the areas we would be visiting. With my dad as the driver and my mom as the tour guide, my sister and I sat in the back seat and relaxed. My mom did not want to miss this opportunity to see 1st century Buddhist temples.
The first stop on this trip was the Dambulla Cave Temple.