20 Feb 26 Tangalle We spend the morning on the beach and then get an Uber the 1.5hrs south. This is as far south as we will go. We check into Leen Tangalle (£32 with breakie) Right near the beach. Spotless. Larger room. Phew. The first beach at the end […]
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Weligama – 18 Feb 26
18 Feb Back to Colombo So here we are on the platform back to Colombo for a 9 hour round trip to get our visas out of the system. The system is broken.
Read MoreUnawatuna – 13 Feb 26
13 Feb Daffodil Hotel We’d heard that Unawatuna was busy and filled with Russians..but we can’t go much further down south until we sort out the visas. So we book 1 night in the middle of the mayhem to get our bearings.
Read MoreGalle – nearby – 10 Feb 26
10 Feb A Boho Retreat We check out of Hikkaduwa today and get a car to Galle. But only once we’ve had breakfast and I have my first cinnamon tea. It’s so nice and a new fav. And good for a dodgy belly apparently.
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Kandy T20s – 29 Jan 26
Jan 29 Day 15 Kandy Travel Its a 4.5 hour journey so I catch up on this blog. Pete is slowly going crazy next to me. He’s in front of a big fella on the bus whose knees are in Petes back.
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Colombo ODI Cricket – 26 Jan 26
Jan 26 Day 13 It’s an early start as we are on the 8.23am train. The train is full and we have to stand the whole way. The sea views are nice. Well Pete can’t see them as he’s too tall! We book into the tour hotel. Cinnamon Lakeside. Its […]
Read MoreBentota – 16 Jan 26
Jan 16 Day 3 Good morning! Great nights sleep and breakfast, and we both have a swim. Love it. I have some work to do – invoices and certificates plus finding plumbers and builders for a big leak – before we can go out. We have a coffee with our […]
Read MoreColombo Part 1 – 14 Jan 26
14th Jan – Day 1 So we have landed in Sri Lanka. Flight was okay – Sri Lankan Airlines didn’t do the usual welcome drink, cool cloth or night time pack. But we survived. I see peacocks and a chipmunk on the way to the hotel. Now weve checked in […]
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