TravellingJenks' Guestbook

Kalamata 2019
Hi Darren, good to hear form you. The hire car is a SEAT Ibiza (VWGolf or Polo), and pretty nifty; but the empty motorways here and the weather are made for the Big Bad Chev - still going strong and now 18 years old. Hope that all is well with you. Tony

Tomb Raiding
There were many occasions when I thought that the Chev was made for roads like the ones in Crete; especially going through those gorges where the engine noise would reverberate

Hi Rita Our car was a Toyota Corolla: not new but in perfect condition: comfortable and plenty of room for my wife and I and our luggage (I'm 6'1" and the legroom was fine for me). Our driver Daya was excellent: a devout Buddhist and a very careful law abiding driver. He always kept to the speed limits and was always helpful and very informative. The roads in Sri Lanka were all in good condition, smooth surfaces and well maintained; but the traffic is crazy and although I've driven in some pretty crazy places myself (Saigon, Hong Kong) I would not consider driving there. There is a lot of ribbon development and in towns and outskirts (if you can tell the difference) there are few road signs; so finding one's way around Colombo would be impossible. We met Daya as we had booked a driver from the Mount Lavinia Hotel, and Daya was the driver who met us at the Airport. We asked him if he could recommend a car and driver service and he said that he would speak to his boss and get back to us. He duly did and offered to drive us to the places we wanted to visit for LKR75,000 all in: no extras or additional charges at all. Given that self drive is really not an option we thought this was a reasonable deal and we were delighted. I can recommend Daya: you can email him via his daughter: chanya2000denuri@gmail.com Attention Mr Daya Perera If you want I can also email his telephone number to you later - I'm not at home right now. I hope you enjoy Sri Lanka: fantastic country, great food and lovely people. Regards Anthony

Mount Lavinia
Thanks Sarah. If you want more (expert and detailed) reviews about the Mt Lavinia then enter the name of the hotel on Tripadvisor and read all about it. Best wishes to everyone at Brondesbury. Anthony