Tour 2 started on July 10th, we were all excited to spend some time together. I know that Dina wanted to share some of her absolutely favourite places in Sri Lanka, where she had cherished memories of her childhood, families, friends and wonderful memories of times spent with Senani and Ashani. Priyantha, continued to be our driver and hearing Dina chatting fluently in Singalise to him, we were able to find out more about his world was great. Our first stop was...

Whilst Jackie loves the more aesthetic things of life, which I do too, she writes about it in a much better way than me so I have to find something that is more up my street. Hooters, have hit the forefront here but I hasten to add that they are the car horn type which dominate life in Southern Asia! As you know, I love cycling and anything to do with it, but I also have a love of motorbikes and cars, so it is fairly natural for me to have taken an interest as w...

Well - here we are in Sri Lanka. Jeff and I had talked about coming here for years . The intention was always to go with Dina and Senani, unfortunately that was not to be, so now we find ourselves here, meeting up with Dina for Tour 2 next week. Our first two nights were spent in Colombo in a small hotel behind the Kuwait Embassy and very close to Independence Arcade. A perfect place for shopping, that is if you can buy anything ........and food. Our exploring ...