Sri Lanka Part 4 – The highlands

This is the 4th part of my series of posts on Sri Lanka. Enjoy! After a few relaxing days in Tissa, we were feeling much better and beginning to really enjoy our time in Sri Lanka. Our next stop was the small mountain town of Ella. There are no trains from Tissa to Ella, since … Continue reading Sri Lanka Part 4 – The highlands →

Sri Lanka Part 3 – Tissamaharama

Hello again from steamy Sri Lanka! I left you at the end of my previous post in Weligama, about to set off to our next destination of Tissamaharama, or just Tissa. We were feeling quite refreshed after our slightly shorter than expected relaxation period at the beach, and we were now ready for some more … Continue reading Sri Lanka Part 3 – Tissamaharama →

Holy cities of Sri Lanka

After nearly three weeks exploring Sri Lanka, we are now back in Colombo for our last few days. Gary will be blogging our exploits in great detail in the next few posts, but in the meantime here are some photos taken over the last week. After the beach, it was jungle and mountains. Here we … Continue reading Holy cities of Sri Lanka →

Sri Lanka Part 2 – Galle to Weligama

Days 3 -5 Weligama Despite the crappy night's sleep I had (thanks, my furry long-tailed friends), I summoned up the energy to put on my running shoes and head out for a run around the walls. It was around 8 am, and already the heat and humidity was up there. Luckily there was a cooling … Continue reading Sri Lanka Part 2 – Galle to Weligama →

Ella – where the tea comes from

We have spent the last few days up in the mountains, at a place called Ella. It's quite a peaceful place, a perfect base for going for walks, visiting Buddhist temples, and drinking tea while taking in the magnificent view! This is one of the six tea-growing regions of Sri Lanka, producing some of the … Continue reading Ella – where the tea comes from →

Adventures in Sri Lanka Part 1 – Colombo to Galle

In this series of posts I will recount the various trials and tribulations that we encountered during our 20 days in Sri Lanka. Day 1 - Colombo Arriving in Colombo from Delhi was much more of a dramatic change than I was expecting. We hailed an Uber X to take us to our hotel in … Continue reading Adventures in Sri Lanka Part 1 – Colombo to Galle →