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Our journey home and some observations of our time abroad

Some final viewpoints on this wonderful country

Crashing waves, snoring bloke and a wine shortage

We look at travel and transport and narrate the tale of Ronnie and the gecko

A day of gentle relaxation in a beautiful environment

A beautiful day when nothing much happens

Our final long road trip before we leave Sri Lanka in five days’ time

We head off on safari and see everything we expect. And more.

We head into the tea plantations and ride by tuktuk for 10km up to Lipton’s Seat. Yes, that Lipton.

We spend the day at leisure and while Nick tans his wonderful body, Gabrielle goes walkabout. Then we take afternoon tea.

We journey to a tea plantation and take a train to Hatton.

We visit the beautiful shrine housing the Buddha’s tooth.

A very long day, driving not very far, at a snail’s-pace. Plus interesting tourist traps we have known and loved.

From minibus, to ox cart, to catamaran, to tuktuk, we enjoy transport and cooking.

We head up country, visit hundreds of Buddhas, see an elephant and fight the Internet.

We arrive at Colombo and, as usual, have adventures and misadventures.

We journey fro Heathrow to Colombo via Istanbul and have adventures on the way.

The itinerary of our Sri Lanka expedition

Gabrielle’s packing doesn’t quite go to plan.

As we prepare for our journey to Sri Lanka, we are slowly ticking off all the necessities for a journey to a country far away and with a...