Greetings from the lovely Tangalla, on the south coast of Sri Lanka! It is a world away from the hustle and bustle of places like Colombo and Galle. I have had 2 days here and leave tomorrow for a full day of travelling to Colombo and finally back to Negombo for the night before flying to India (Chennai) on Friday morning. I'm staying at a lovely guesthouse on the beach just out of the township of Tangalla itself. The hosts are really lovely and the resta...

Hello everyone I've made it to the south-to the city of Galle where Chamika was brought up and where her parents currently work and live. I spent a couple of lovely relaxing days in Kandy (where the temperature was more bearable for me!) before taking an early morning train to Colombo yesterday. I met Chamika at the railway station and we took a bus to Galle. Her father met us and took us to their home where I met Chamika's mother and had lunch (which...

Greetings from Kandy, in the hill country of Sri Lanka! This is apparently the coolest area in the country although you wouldn't know it! I would say the temperature is still in the mid twenties and reasonably high humidity but it is more pleasant than the coast (heat wise)! I'm having a wonderful time here. Chamika and Tharaka (her boyfriend) and their family and friends have been wonderful hosts. On Sunday we went to a Buddhist temple just out of Colo...

Greetings from tropical Sri Lanka! You know its hot (well for a person like me used to temperate climates!) when you start sweating at 1am in the morning as I did as soon as I stepped off the plane earlier this morning! My hotel is right beside the beach in Negombo (about 40km north of Colombo) and I had a lazy day today relaxing in the shade reading books-very blissful! I get to meet up with my penfriend, Chamika, tomorrow which I'm very excited about ...