An early start and long drive inland has taken us to the region of Sigiriya where we visited two different Forts going back 1600 years and both on the top of rocky mountains, well several hundred meter climbs. Arriving blue faced at the top and having shaken off the helping hands of our Sherpers, (Yes literally, it felt like being in a care home. ) we were rewarded with spectacular views a sense of achievement and a good excuse to have a beer. Not too sure about ...

After a lazy day around the pool yesterday were I stayed under an umbrella and still managed to burn we met up with other members of the group and went to a fish restaurant for dinner. Kingsly our guide immediately purchased a bottle of coconut whisky, shared it out between us and left us to explore the menu for our selves. The huge prawns we had were so tasty and discovering the whiskey bottle empty we started on the local beer. By 9 o'clock local time we had dr...