Kassapa Lions Rock Resort– Sigiriya

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If you are visiting the `holy triangle` and you need a fantastic place to stay, this is the one!!

Located in the peaceful village of Digampathaha, Kassapa Lions Rock boasts an outdoor pool with views of the well-known Sigiriya Rock. The rooms are small houses (chalets) with air conditioned, open air bathrooms and private balconies.

Kassapa Lions Rock Resort is 20 minutes’ drive from Dambulla, where the UNESCO heritage site of the cave temple is located. The resort provides parking and bike rental for free.

Fitted with a cable TV and minibar, well-appointed rooms also have a fan and seating area. Private bathrooms come with a bathtub and heated showers.

Surrounded by greenery, the open-air restaurant offers a range of local and international dishes. Staff is very helpful and friendly. The buffet dinner is quite large and had different local curries, meat and fish. The restaurant is open on three sides, so it utilizes the evening breeze.

Breathtaking views of the Sigiriya and Pidurangala Rocks and refreshing cocktails are available at Sakya Bar.

All in all great place to stay and very reasonable price.

iPad 3 badly needed? Kindle Fire users reportedly growing.

A new data shows that the Amazon Kindle Fire is a popular device, can Apple stop the growth with the iPad 3?

The Amazon Kindle Fire is a popular tablet, and arguably the most popular Android tablet — and it looks like users are really the device to browse the web according to the latest data provided by online ad network Chitika.

Based on Chitika’s ad impressions from mid November to first week of December, online activity for the Amazon Kindle Fire is growing and massive growth came during the last week of November to first week of December. Apparently, the trend will continue if Kindle Fire users will use the tablet’s Silk Browser more, and second, if Amazon can sell more Kindle Fire tablets this month that will result to more Kindle Fire users that will access the web.

Kindle Fire is one of the cheapest tablets in the market right now, but it is also a powerful media device because Amazon’s own ecosystem is large and can accommodate all customers, from music lovers to mobile app buyers. However, analysts predict that Amazon is losing $3 to $10 per Kindle Fire, and one analyst said Amazon might be losing $50 which includes the shipping, labor, etc.

In return, Amazon will try to profit from Kindle Fire users by selling Amazon products like apps, music, cloud storage, e-books and more because the Kindle Fire is using a heavily customized Android Gingerbread version. Amazon’s new tablet strategy is obviously competing against Apple and its glorified iPad which also offers music, e-books, games and other media.

In related news, Apple is reportedly set to release the new iPad 3 in February of next year, the month of lovers (gift giving, the lovers edition). What’s with the February release? If you’re an avid reader of Apple news, you know that Apple loves April when it comes to the iPad. For example, the iPad 1 was released April 2010 and the iPad 2 was released in April 2011. So, iPad 3′s release date is in February?

If the new rumor is accurate, then it is highly possible that Apple is feeling the Kindle Fire’s heat and wants to protect its tablet market share. According to multiple data presented by research firms, Apple is still the most popular tablet PC vendor with nearly 75% of market share, while other tablets (Android, etc) folded and sharing the remaining market share.

And aside from the Kindle Fire, Apple is also facing retail-iation from Google Android courtesy of the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola and HTC are expected to use the new Android version next year to attract more tablet customers.