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...

Wave Running After the disappointment of the beach at Unawatuna we decided to try and get on a train to one further away. We had to settle for our second choice (Hikkaduwa) as some of the train times to Bentota were not good as it was a Sunday. On the way to the station we spoke with a German couple who were from our guesthouse who were heading back to Colombo on the train. The journey only took 30 minutes but we also got stuck waiting in Galle station for anoth...

Fort, Waves & Cricket After breakfast we headed back into Galle to look around the old fort (unlike Colombo, the old walls still exist). We started at the lighthouse, and then a bright white painted mosque over the road from it. On heading to the outer walls of the fort we were greeted with another great view of the Indian Ocean (the small beach also looked much better than Unawatuna too). The waves looked really intense, smashing against the rocks, pushing ...