We left via tuk-tuk to the train station for our 3rd consecutive day of travelling. The tuk-tuk ran out of petrol so he took our rucksacks out of the back and produced a litre water bottle filled with fuel, and a few minutes later we were on our way again. We had booked 1st class (which means air conditioning and reclining seats) and 8 hours later we arrived in Jaffna. Jaffna, the capital of the far north, with its Hindu-Tamil history and 2000 temples (oh ...

Next day we were ready to leave for our next, and final, destination - Sri Lanka. We took a taxi to the airport which is nearly an hour's drive from the centre of Mandalay and the first leg of our flight left on time. Budget airline Air Asia to Bangkok where we had to collect our luggage and go through immigration and then check in again. We had a 5-hour layover so plenty of time to kill. Our next flight was also with Air Asia to Colombo where we had booked...