We arrived in Nuwara Eliya via train. Having purchased unreserved seats at Hatton station Amelia and I were left to fend for ourselves when the train arrived! With our weighty backpacks on we did well to beat the mad rush to the doors, only to be outdone by tourists behind us 'reserving' seats by throwing their bags on seats through the window! Not a technique I've seen before, but it was mildly irritating, especially as we now had to stand on our fat...

It appeared that Kitulgala did not really have a main town but was a stretch of road with a few expensive hotels dotted along it and many wooden huts offering white water rafting. This was exactly why Chris and I had decided to backtrack and stop off for the night, as white water rafting was something we had been keen to participate in throughout our trip. The bus literally dropped us at the side of the road with nothing in sight. Luckily we had the Internet ava...

It's fair to say we're not exactly the religious types, so scaling over 5000 steps in order to reach a sacred rock wasn't high up (excuse the pun) on our agenda. That being said, Amelia and I like to challenge ourselves, especially if its free! To reach 'Adam's Peak', a 2,243m mountain, tourists and pilgrims alike base themselves at 'Dalhousie'. From Kandy we travelled by bus (via Hatton) to reach the 'base camp'. I like to...

There was no direct bus from Sigiriya to Kandy, but it would only require one change in Dambulla. As Chris and I waited patiently on the main road through Sigiryia we were approached by a tuk tuk. This was nothing out of the ordinary as tuk tuks were always trying to gain our fare, however the bus is incredibly cheap and we were never in a rush to get anywhere, making us difficult customers for them! Nevertheless it came to light that this tuk tuk driver was head...

Travelling by public bus in Sri Lanka is not for the faint hearted. More often than not the buses are overcrowded, stuffy and driven by religious nuts - believing they can drive however they like as they've venerated the local shrine!From 'Dambulla' it was just half an hour on a packed bus to reach 'Sigiriya'. The main attraction in Sigiriya is essentially a giant rock rising 370m above the surrounding plains. The 'rock' was formed by ...