I'll not speak for long for fear that this might turn into a rant. We have ended up in Kandy after trying to reach this city in the hills for two days. Please read Natalie's delightful description on the journey (statraveljournals.com/pumpkin) for the full low-down. She is right to say that the last leg of the journey nearly broke me. I was tired, hungry and angry. Some of you know this is not good for people around me. I know that we can't expect Sri L...

Not off to a flying start when Nat and I arrived at Edinburgh airport to find we had missed our check-in to Gatwick. Natalie had the time wrong and this left me a little worried... Was relying on her to be organised and good with times. Not one of my strengths. Arriving in Colombo after a ten hour flight it was a good move to have a driver waiting to take us to our accommodation. This part of the journey was not researched very thoroughly. I'll change th...