Spice Garden....... Anil drops us off again and we are escorted through a forest of different trees and given a very informative tour through what they do and when, to make all sorts of homeopathic remedies. Then we are given some treatments. I get one yellow leg, which I'm assured will help with the mozzy bites. Shaky gets an aloe Vera neck and back massage. Very pleasant. Then some sort of cream is massaged into my face. Ok so this is personal now. Dave is giv...

The Tour..... Well, where to begin. I know, the 5:45 wake up call. The first of many wake up calls. We meet our driver guide Anil at 6:30 at the hotel reception. A very nice man, happy, cheerful and polite. We head off on our adventure via the back roads of Negombo heading towards the Elephant Orphanage. This was going to be a 2 hour drive, luckily our top of the range 2004 Nissan Sunny had Air conditioning (classed as a luxury car). A pleasant journey if you...

Arrive at the hotel and a very open plan feel to it all. We are directed to some seats with welcome drinks, whilst very polite staff keep reminding us that our room will be ready shortly. We are then directed to have lunch. Well. I'm still quite full after 2 plane meals and a loss of appetite due to flying but hey ho, let's see what's on offer. It would simply be easier to list what's not on offer. Daves in heaven as the salad bar is fresh and tasty. They have e...

Another lazy day..... Another red hot day in Sri Lanka and I'm having to stay covered up for most of it due to being the village idiot and my back still being sore from the previous day. A late start today and the penalty for this is not being able to get a sun bed round our usual pool. So off to the quiet pool and it's only quiet in the sense that it's got no music, which if I'm honest is lovely. We did get a spot but no lounger so it was a case of two lounger ...

Up up and away... Left Heathrow on time and watched the take off from the forward facing camera on the seat back monitor. Up in the air now so movie time, Battleship. Not the best I know but passed some time. Meal time now. Prawn cocktail starter, Chicken and veg main with apple lattice for after. Quite nice and all washed down with a cuppa. Right film watched meal eaten and a bit of my book read, what to do now for the other 8 1/2 hours. The flight was ok and q...