Sri Lanka is gorgeous and we're really sad we don't have enough time to see it properly, but have thoroughly enjoyed our short stint here nonetheless! Probably the most fun thing that we've done is spending a day at the Elephant Orphanage (although they're not all orphans these days) watching the huge herd of elephants playing and bathing in the river after which we managed to make it past the vendors and 'spice garden' touts and watch the babies get fed in ...

Our flight from Delhi arrived in Colombo at 4am, and the plan was to head to the bus station nearby to catch a bus straight to Kandy, up in the hills. The security guard at the airport told us that it was 200 meters down the road so we waved away all the autorickshaws, heaved on our backpacks and walked...and walked, and walked!!! 200 meters?! Closer to 2,000 meters actually! Our legs were more than a bit shaky by the time we got to the bus station, which proba...