Our last day in Sri Lanka was pretty full. We were first headed to the Turtle hatchery. We got to hold day-old sea turtles and learn about how the hatchery helps to keep the numbers of turtles in the safe zone from extinction. After that it was off to a spice plantation where we got to learn about native plants and their medicinal purposes. Leanne got a face and leg rub down and I had a small patch of hair removed from my legs by mysterious goo made from Sri La...

We got on the bus extra early to be able to get to our beach-side resort at Bentota before 1:00. It was a very long bus ride but we finally arrived at La Luna beach resort and got to go and see the beach and the Indian Ocean from the other side! We wandered through town to find some lunch only to discover that the power was out all over town and no air conditioning was working. We had a delicious lunch of rice and noodles in the sweltering heat and decided afte...

Today was our first day in Sri Lanka. We had an overnight flight that lasted only 4.5 hours and with the time change we were very tired but also very excited to start our tour of this sub-Indian country. We met our guide, Kumar and our driver, Amulete and boarded the bus to head up to Sigirya which is in the heart of the Sri Lankan jungle which is home to many wild elephants. Our first stop was at the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage where we got to see baby elephant...