Sri Lanka

The longest day (and possibly longest blog)

With exactly thirty flights in eight months under our belts with never a cancellation or major delay, you could say we had it coming. The gods of justice conspired to make our very last international flight of this epic year the one with ALL the fun and games. When the international airport gets bombed, I &hellip Continue reading »

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Flight from Sri Lanka

Completing the cultural triangle of the former Ceylon, we ventured to Kandy, again interested to compare the city a decade on from our first and last visit. This time there were huge differences – both good and bad. The good news is the lack of beggars. I was rather rude and loud 11 years ago &hellip Continue reading »

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Elephant dung by Rowan

Once upon a time there was a family travelling the world for a year. Half way round they went to Sri Lanka where rhino and elephants live in your back garden! Well, sort of. I guess I got a bit carried away. Well one day we went to an elephant orphanage where when we arrived &hellip Continue reading »

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