RedPlanetClaire's Guestbook

19th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Elvis on vinyl
Love the music. Glad you were warned about the festival scam. Never enough ginger beer. Great travels.

From Blog: Colonial Colombo, Tuk-Tuk Persistence and Goodbye Sri Lanka

17th September 2017

samuel david
non-member comment

TEmple
Hello Claire- I do not think that is a Sikh temple. It looks like a lot of gods from the Hindu religion- it is probably in the style of Hindu temples from south India. Samuel

From Blog: Colonial Colombo, Tuk-Tuk Persistence and Goodbye Sri Lanka

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

thanks
I need to fix that, thanks!

From Blog: Colonial Colombo, Tuk-Tuk Persistence and Goodbye Sri Lanka

16th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Yikes
Off the. beaten path so too speak

From Blog: Walking Along Railway Tracks and Lost in Tea Plantations

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

yes!
A bit of a jaunt but very good at the end!

From Blog: Walking Along Railway Tracks and Lost in Tea Plantations

16th September 2017

cabochick
Andrea

Loving your blogs! I'm going in October. Can't wait. Will keep in mind dodgy tuk tuk and taxi drivers. The train travel looks interesting! I'm unfortunately familiar with the hole in the floor.

From Blog: Breaking the Law with the Police Watching and Traversing Sri Lanka by Rail

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

October
Have a wonderful time in October - have you got it all planned? If not and need a driver I totally recommend our driver, Thuminda Wettasinghe. I'll look forward to reading your blog and seeing how you get on. Apart from Colombo, the tuk-tuk drivers in Sri Lanka were fair and upfront, we had no trouble.

From Blog: Breaking the Law with the Police Watching and Traversing Sri Lanka by Rail

15th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Epic road trip
Wow, he made it in the time promised! That must have been a once in a lifetime experience. Great stuff. Never under estimate a driver trying to provide for his family. The food sounds marvelous.

From Blog: Epic Tuk-Tuk Journey and Orphan Elephants

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

epic tuk-tuk
Yes, he certainly did not let us down - we would have paid him even if he hadn't made it on time because we totally did not expect him to!

From Blog: Epic Tuk-Tuk Journey and Orphan Elephants

14th September 2017

martin
non-member comment

thanks
Post more than Great , Kindly Thanks spot7.org

From Blog: Surrounded by Wild Elephant Herd and a Total Washout

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

thank you!
Thank you for the lovely feedback

From Blog: Surrounded by Wild Elephant Herd and a Total Washout

13th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Love the fish markets
Nice selection

From Blog: Blue Whale Encounters to the Sounds of Chundering

11th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Very cool
Thanks for posting

From Blog: More Tea Than You Can Shake a Cinnamon Stick at and not-so-secret Secret Beach

11th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Local brew
Nice label

From Blog: Car Tyre Repairs Sri Lankan Style: the Long Trip to Mirissa

8th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Never enough time
So many temples and buddhas.... so little time.

From Blog: Bare Feet, Hordes of Monkeys and Shedloads of Buddhas

8th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Bath time
We did that in Nepal and we were as wet as the elephant

From Blog: Elephant Washing and Paper Made From Poo

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

wet
Yes! We were warned to bring clothes to change into afterwards!

From Blog: Elephant Washing and Paper Made From Poo

8th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Beautiful beast
Amazing and big

From Blog: Trip to Ruins Becomes an Accidental Safari

7th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Sri Lankan Safari
The wee hours of the morning is not the time you want to be arguing with these guys. I understand them wanting to make a living but they need to give it a rest at some point. Glad you got to see some wildlife and finally had a bit of sleep.

From Blog: Safari in the Sun, Rain and Thunder

6th September 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

'Tear-arsing' :)
That's a very accurate description of what happens. We weren't very lucky with either leopards or elephants on our safari in Wilpattu National Park, but it was a nice drive nonetheless. So jealous that you saw a sloth bear! Your Sri Lanka blogs are making me really want to get back into posting the rest of our blogs from there... but bloody work has got in the way :(

From Blog: Safari in the Sun, Rain and Thunder

18th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

blogs
I do hope you can post your Sri lankan blogs, it would be great to read your experiences.

From Blog: Safari in the Sun, Rain and Thunder

4th September 2017

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Maldives
This is a location I dream of going.

From Blog: Sri Lanka: First Impressions After Almost Not Getting There!

6th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

I hope you can get here
It's wonderful!

From Blog: Sri Lanka: First Impressions After Almost Not Getting There!

4th September 2017

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

That walk of shame...
...even though I was laughing, I really did feel your pain :) It's interesting reading about that first glimpse and impression of a country - high levels of travel excitement no doubt. Looking forward to the rest of your adventure in Sri Lanka

From Blog: Sri Lanka: First Impressions After Almost Not Getting There!

6th September 2017

RedPlanetClaire
Claire Wade

:-)
We did find it funny but it was embarrassing! Sri Lanka is so different to anywhere I've been before so it's all so new!

From Blog: Sri Lanka: First Impressions After Almost Not Getting There!