It was an early morning start in Chiang Mai after travelling on the overnight train from Bangkok and arriving at 7.15am. We decided to leave our bags at the station and head into the city to take advantage of the…
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Dickoya
We arrived into Hatton train station after what turned out to be our last train ride through Sri Lanka’s picturesque tea plantations. Our hotel had a game of Carrom in the lobby which Elliot particularly enjoyed playing. Both kids played…
Ella
The touristy town of Ella sits in the rolling green tea-plantation hills of central Sri Lanka, south of Kandy and was our home for a few days in mid-April. Our accommodation was up a very steep road (much of the…
Bangkok
We didn’t have the smoothest start to our stay in Thailand. On arrival at our first hotel (about 9pm) a sign on the door said it was shut for refurbishment – we’d reserved it through Agoda who clearly had no…
Polonnaruwa
We spent just two nights in Polonnaruwa in North Central Sri Lanka, to visit the ancient city ruins – another UNESCO heritage site. The site spans a huge area and we hired bikes to get around (as many do; there’s…
Habarana
A short tuk tuk ride from Sigiriya, our stay in Habarana was a short stop to access Minneriya National Park, home to herds of wild elephants (though we could have done this from Sigiriya). We did an afternoon jeep safari…
Negombo
Our time in Sri Lanka started at the beginning of April. We arrived into Colombo (Bandaranaike International Airport) on a flight from Bangalore (Bengaluru) and booked 3 nights in a homestay in Negombo about a 20 minute drive north. Our…
Hampi
Hampi is an ancient city of palaces and temples dating back 1300 years. In its time it was the second largest city in the world after Beijing. This was our hottest location to date – often in the low 40s…
Bandhavgarh National Park
Elliot’s thoughts: The best bit was the safari even though it was a bit boring when we didn’t see anything. The second safari was the best because we saw elephants, an Indian hare, a kingfisher, a blue bull, a serpent…
Jaipur
Jessica’s Jaipur: I liked Jaipur because it was less stinky than Delhi and we went to lots of interesting places. Me and Elliot especially liked the parks because we could play things like being jungle animals because there were trees and…