Markets and museums in Colombo
I'm not sure what I expected to find in Sri Lanka's capital city, Colombo, but the reality certainly didn't match it. While we had flown into Colombo two weeks...
I'm not sure what I expected to find in Sri Lanka's capital city, Colombo, but the reality certainly didn't match it. While we had flown into Colombo two weeks...
Ade has had an inexplicable love of wildlife ever since he was a kid - it kind of explains our time spent in Africa chasing the Big 5. As...
We didn't spend nearly long enough in Kandy - just one night. I'm a keen tea drinker, so on the way we stopped at Geragama Estate Tea Factory to...
Of all the things in Sri Lanka we were planning to do, I was most looking forward to our time in Pasikudah. While we are generally not 'sit on...
Polonnaruwa - yep, another UNESCO World Heritage listed site - is a vast maze of ruins dating back to before 1070AD. It is the second most Ancient city in...
It could be one of my favourite views in the world - certainly in Sri Lanka - the tea plantations at Kandy took my breath away. The drive up...
It was a long way, but from Sigiriya we went straight on to Anuradhapura for the afternoon. Anuradhapura is a Sacred City built around the cuttings from the 'tree of...
We weren't sure what to expect of Sigiriya, we knew it was a giant rock that held a lot of significance to the people of Sri Lanka, but beyond...
We weren't particularly bothered about going to Sri Lanka, it wasn't on our 'must see' list. But when Ade's mum and dad asked if we would like to go...