Blog 88 This morning we woke up naturally, and mounted a bus with a 'short eat' bag of breakfast. A Sri Lankan toddler kept Jo entertained as far as Dambulla where we got off. Dambulla is famous for its cave temples which has loads of Buddha statues and other effigies in dimly lit caves. Pretty cool and after 30 minutes we'd seen it, so back to the bus and on to Kandy... Arriving in Kandy the tuktuk driver told us about Kandian Dances that night. 'I'll pick ...

Blog 87 The train ride was a gorgeous immersion into Sri Lanka life and the country. An early 5am start walking down the Colombo streets in the dull light from the street lamps and the train was only 10 minutes late at leaving so we counted ourselves lucky! I'm not sure if the guy who sold us the tickets at the ticket office did it on purpose but we found our seats were the only ones to be facing forwards in the compartment, meaning we were the entertainment f...

Blog 86 Not such a great start to Sri Lanka. Camera stolen, no cheap accommodation, and very tired. We ended up in a YMCA for £13 for a room and discover in the lonely planet as 'This old YMCA is kind of depressing, but if you've been robbed and need a place to crash - or you're on a very tight budget -this could be it.' Our most expensive nights stay since we came away, with the exception of Australia of course! Life didn't seem so bad again after a good s...

Blog 85 Celebrating our 1 year travelversary! One year since we left old Blighty, friends and family, and started a trip of exploration, adventure, new friends, exciting cultures, road trips, expat life and arduously hairy, tummy churning journeys on some very inventive transport. Now back in KL, which appears to have turned into our most visited spot, we eat our last Malaysian meals before we head out of South East Asia and up further north. Malaysian is als...

Blog 84 Glisteningly clear turquoise waters and golden sands beaches. We had arrived back in paradise. An arduous night bus with sporadic glimpses of sleep brought us, a German, a Spaniard and 2 Uruguayans to Kuala Besut, a small town which seems to function off people making the jump over to the perhentians. The 8am boat turned into the 9.30am boat (Asia time!) but onboard and off we went with first glimpses of blue, green and turquoise waters. Writing this...