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…
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Pasikuda
Northwest of Batticaloa, on the eastern side of Sri Lanka, lies the small coastal town of Pasikuda. We had selected this as a destination rather than either Trincomalee, further to the north, or Batticaloa itself, as we fancied a quiet…
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…
Sigiriya
Our homestay in Sigiriya, Binara Villa, was in a lovely quiet rural location a few hundred metres away from the main road. Quiet apart from the Geckos, Cicadas and dogs – the night-time barking of the latter causing some sleep…
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…
Varca, South Goa
Just a quick post this time, as we had a short stop here – just 3 nights. We found South Goa to be much quieter than North Goa, possibly because the locals don’t holiday here – it’s mainly foreign tourists…
Anjuna, Goa
The train journeyWe had an eventful train journey to Thivim. It was a daytime journey – from about 8.30am til 6.45pm and we travelled in class 3AC, which seemed to be where the middle class Indian families travelled. There were…