After living in Ireland for only half of a planned twelve months, I’d had enough of Dublin’s grim winter and decided to head for the warmer climates of Asia. So after a week in London visiting some born again poms,and celebrating Australia day, I flew to Sri Lanka to start a trip through Asia. The plan is to travel over land and sea to as close as I can get to Australia, via India, Pakistan, china and various countries in south east Asia. Arriving in Colombo, with the temperature somewhere in the mid thirties, was a bit of a shock to the system, after the near freezing temperatures of London. So after only one day in the capital, I traveled south to the beaches of Hikkaduwa, Unawatuna and Mirissa. The first two were nice, but a
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