Hi all Currently at the airport in Colombo waiting to catch the plane over to Thailand, while im here I thought I'd update you with what i've been up to... So after a pleasent christmas in Hikkaduwa I decided it was time to leave the beach for a bit and head up into the hills. I caught the train to Colombo and then bought a first class ticket (for a massive Rs300 or 1.30GBP) up to Kandy. The journey was very scenic and from the first class observation car you...

Hi all, Been in Sri Lanka a week now and spent in the south at the old portugese city of Galle and here at the beach resort town of Hikkaduwa. When I arrived in Galle is was to coinside with the start of the final test match between England and Sri Lanka, so I spent most of the first 5 days sitting on teh ramparts or in the ground weatching cricket, at least that was the plan but mother nature had other ideas and quite a lot of time was sitting in cafes waiting...