Day 12 – Monday 18th March should have been our last day in Sri Lanka. Will, Emma and Victoria did catch the plane back to Australia, unfortunately Dave and I didn’t. Dave’s still not very well. By mid-morning yesterday we decided it was time to get a doctor. The reception people here helped me find one who…
Month: March 2019
Day 10 and 11: Colombo
After a swim and breakfast we packed our things and headed to reception to checkout and get a transfer to Colombo. I had booked the transfer online for a pretty good price so was a little anxious that it wouldn’t turn up. A 10 seater air conditioned van did turn up, 10 minutes early in…
Day 9: Induruwa
A very short blog post today. Apart from moving hotel and saying goodbye to our tour group ? we did very little. Dave has an upset tummy so has been mostly resting. We had room service for lunch then all had massages. Unfortunately the massages were pretty ordinary ? The rooms here are lovely. We…
Day 8 – Galle
Another great buffet breakfast to start the day (with real pork bacon yey!). there was so much to choose from including a whole cereal and juice wall! After breakfast, most of us headed on the bus back to the centre of Galle, about an hours drive south of our hotel. Galle is a fort city – established by…
Day 6 and 7: Nuwara Eliya to Yala National Park then Yala to Galle
There is so much to catch up on – an amazing couple of days! On Wednesday we started the day with the longest breakfast buffet I have ever seen. I do like a good buffet breakfast! We met at 9am and had a drive around Nuwara Eliya. Its is known as ‘little England’ and you can definitely…
Day 5: Kandy to Nuwara Eliya
Another busy day today! We started a little later than usual, enjoying a wonderful buffet breakfast on the 4th floor over looking Kandy. There were four Chef stations – one cooking eggs any way, one slicing freshly baked bread, another with an omelette station and lastly a pancake station. Happy days! The view from the breakfast…
Day 4: Dambulla to Kandy
Day 4: Sunday 10th March. Again we beat the wake-up call, after a reasonable night’s sleep. Our guide is getting used to us all being a little tardy (well some of us, not my family) and we got away about 15 mins late at 730am. The early start was so we could get to the…
Day 3 Polonnaruwa
Day 3 I was awake well before the wake-up call came. The tour leader, Nalaka, had obviously arranged the calls so we all got to breakfast on time by 630am. Sleep is never my closest friend, but I did feel reasonably refreshed after six or so hours. Good pillows and decent mattresses make all the…
Day 2 Negombo to Dambulla
Day 2 Negombo to Dambulla Happy International Women’s Day! How fabulous to be on Holidays today spending it with a couple of my favourite women – Victoria and Emma. I miss my Mum every day – but on International Women’s day I am reminded of her more than ever. Her strength, determination and immense desire…
Sri Lanka
I’m curious… when you think of Sri Lanka what do you think of? Cricket (many of my friends will say that) Great tourist destination Fabulous Food Wars in the 90’s (Tamil Tigers were mentioned on the TV news most nights) Beaches and Surf Elephants I often have very specific thoughts about a country before I…