Day 2- Dear Diary, Woke about 7am (yes I know I'm on holiday!!) & a rush of blood to the head & decided that in order to keep up my marathon training (ok you can all stop laughing now) it would be a good idea to go for a jog along the beach with the sea lapping my feet, perfect. But oh no, it soon dawned on me (after only 10 mins) that this was up there with the worst decisions I have ever made!! Better idea was to just to chill out in the pool. It was s...

Day 1 - Dear diary, Arrived in Colombo about 8.30am local time (four & half hours ahead of UK) after a 10 hour flight. That meant 12 hours without a fag, now that can't be good for anyone's health!! Very warm & humid (now I like it warm but....) & outside the airport it seemed to be total chaos, not my thing at all. Arrived at Hotel which was very posh, especially as everyone else arriving had their designer luggage & there's me looking all Esse...