Our last day on Unawatuna Beach was filled with sunbathing, swimming, reading and massages. After enjoying our massage at Carpe Diem Spa we decided to take a second trip, but this time going for a 'Deep Tissue Massage', which basically stands for pain in Matt's case. Char reckons the woman went a little easy on her. We spent our last evening here having food and drinks with Dani and Jimmy. Today was a simple day but we definitely not taking them for grant...

Well today made our trip to Sri Lanka even better than we imagined it to be. When here nearly 5 years ago, it was to celebrate Simon and Vic's wedding day which was held at the epic Villa Victoria. Today we went to snoop on Villa V and to take some photos to send back to Sig and Vic. Well we did more than snoop.... Our plan was to get onto the beach at the rear of the villa and to climb the steps and take a peek. This was what we did but not knowing if Villa V...

Sri Lanka is one of Char's favourite places in the world, however there has been something which has played on her mind since arriving that has made her feel uneasy. Last time we were here, there was a guy who carried around a snake in a bag and a monkey on a lead around the beach, and used them to make money from idiotic tourists who thought it was a good idea to take a photo with them. What Python in its right mind allows a little monkey to jump about on it or ...

We gravitated to the beach bar selling the biggest, most tropical breakfast. It even came with a free sun lounger for the day. Then worshipped the sun until sunset. After combing the sand for Char's rings we headed out to sample some of the local cuisine. Mounds of curry, beer and cocktails later we encountered the most fascinating night sky, witnessing at least 20 shooting stars in a period of half an hour. We promise it wasn't the alcohol.We couldn't believe ou...

After reading a few stories about the packed trains in Sri Lanka, we got a 5.30am tuk tuk so that we would be at Colombo Fort train station in time for the first train of the day at 7am. We booked the tuk tuk with a friend of our hotel owner who had sat at our hotel all day waiting for us to crack and to give into his price. Seen as we are traveling around Sri Lanka, we wanted to go for the cheapest option which was a tuk tuk and then train, however we did not un...