Blogs from Western Province, Sri Lanka, Asia - page 10

Geo: 6.92747, 79.8484Just arrived in Adelaide (oops Colombo Sri Lanka) same odd 2.5 hour time difference. It's wet and hot but the flight and the crew were amazing. Definitely an up an coming big player in the international market. The cabin manager gave me a cognac after dinner which was lovely but wanted to ply me with me. No way, I needed water and sleep to adjust ongoing time changes. No photos to really show as its dark, wet and humid. Couple of hours and it will be time to put on our woollies when we land in horrible Paris. Pic from lounge.... read more

Nach etwas unruhigem Schlaf stehen wir um 4.30 auf und packen unsere restlichen Sachen zusammen. Um 5 Uhr sitzen wir im Taxi zum Flughafen. Die Gepäckabgabe dauert ewig, zum Glück haben wir schon am Vorabend eingecheckt. 7 Uhr startet der Flieger, diesmal eine Boeing 777-300, nach Singapur mit Zwischenstopp in Colombo. Reichlich 3,5 Stunden später landen wir pünktlich in Colombo. Unser Taxi zum Hotel wartet schon am Ausgang, alles hat wunderbar funktioniert. Die Planung ist fast zu gut! Eine halbe Stunde später kommen wir im Rico-Shadow Guest House in Waikkal an. Wir werden schon erwartet, es gibt einen Wilkommens-Drink und wir beziehen unser Zimmer in einem Gästehaus mit schönem Garten und Terrasse. Das kleine Familienhotel wurde Mitte der 90er Jahre von einem Schweizer gegründet und hat mehrere Häuser mit insgesamt 24 Zimmern. Der Eigentümer ist vor ... read more

We made it. With a few hours slept, a few quick wake ups and sleeping like ninjas, we made it safe and sound without anything being stolen or drugs being slyly smuggled into our bags! Can't say much for the comfort nor the size of the beds but we didn't wake up to grumpy. We were even greeted by a group of soy dogs ( for some of us the first groups we had ever seen). Carrying on the train we had the Train conductor meet us to put our bed backs to seats,meaning us tallies could sit up straight again. We arrived into Chiang Mai as the sun was rising and were greeted by a huge swarm of taxi drivers all wanting our business. By now we are getting used to the custom of ignoring ... read more

I can't believe I'm still awake. On the second leg of our journey from Dubai to Columbo I was so tired I felt sick, but the sunshine and sights since arriving here have put me in a great mood, although now I'm sat in bed in our lovely hotel room I can feel my eyelids start to droop. Better get on with it then! The flights over were fine. On time and no turbulence. I watched The Imitation Game and Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 and started listening to Bill Bryson's audiobook The Thunderbolt Kit, which I was really enjoying. Owen also watched the Imitation Game, some film about Nick Drake and that new Dumb and Dumber. Both planes were full but we were fine and - most importantly - ... read more

Dagen i Kandy ble som sagt tilbrakt sammen med en lokal Tuk-til sjåfør. Etter 4 lange mil i Tuk-turen kom vi frem til det som skulle være et elefant hospital. Dette var ikke noe annet enn enn en turistfelle og ikke tegn til syke eller behandling av syke elefanter. Fikk 10 minutter på ryggen til en elefant. Etter endt elefantridetur sto guiden nede ved elefanten og dro Michael i tåa og slapp ikke før han hadde fått nok tips!! Etter dette besøket ble det en tur til en krydder hage. Her ble vi smørt inn med alle mulig slags oljer som skulle hjelpe mot det meste fra Michael sitt hårmangel på hodet til hårfjerning på leggene. Etter omvisningen ble vi lurt på all slags olje til den nette sum av NOK 1.000,- ble nok skikkelig lurt ... read more