Island Resting I thought I would spare writing about the last three days individually, as they pretty much followed this pattern; Breakfast > Beach > Lunch > Pool & Drinks > Dinner and not much else (which was great by the way). We have been pretty lucky with the beach that's close to the hotel, hardly any people around so it felt good. The sand in the water is really 'squidgy' and black though - odd to walk in. Interesting dinners to note; s...

Going back to where you came from I think that was the title of some music I once made, but it describes part of this day quite well. It was delightful to wake up at 4:30am to head to the airport. Thankfully my bag had dried and it was usable again. The expressway to the airport was empty, and the driver was going even slower than our experience the day before (50 km/h). I'm sure he also closed his eyes more than a few times as he couldn't drive in a straight ...

Something Italiano Breakfasts have been expansive in Sri Lanka, at the guesthouse we had loads of fruit, fruit shakes, coffee, bread, eggs for the one that eats them. I realise that doesn't sound much when writing it but the actual quantity we got was loads. This morning was no exception, we got our first try of 'hoppers' which I think have a similarity to Indian Dosas. It's a rice flour batter, that's cooked so it's thin like a pancake but shaped like a bowl. I...

Safari chase We had our final breakfast at the guest house and we really didn't want to leave. The family were so hospitable and friendly and the surrounding area is very nice, and we could have done a lot more activities if we had time. After a quick picture together we got picked up in a car to take us 3.5 hours further South to Tissamaharama (known as 'Tissa'). You may be aware of the long names of places or people that the Sri Lankans love, a few years bac...

Tea Planting Sri Lanka is well known for its tea plantations (which British people planted originally) so we headed out in Christan's tuk-tuk to one that was nearby. He was very jolly, singing away and smiling along the journey. It took about an hour to get to the Handunugoda tea plantation and we were handed over to our tour guide who took us around the grounds. The company is known for its virgin white tea (apparently a Chinese emperor used to order virgins t...