Following in the wake of the Vikings across the North Atlantic to Canada - 15/9 to 10/11/2018
Ceylon Tea Trails - 4 May 2018
May 04, 2018
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Well what do you know - it is thundering and raining (again) - had planned a walk through the tea plantations this afternoon but has rained solidly for the last 2 hours! Bandara (our butler) says it only rains for an hour - ha ha!
This morning was 1.5 hrs drive each way to tea processing factory - hadn't realised how much goes into producing the p...
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Kandy to Ceylon Tea Trails - Tientsin Bungalow - 3 May 2018
May 03, 2018
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I am sure you are distressed at having missed a couple of days of post, but here we are at Ceylon Tea Trails in the heart of Sri Lanka's tea plantations.
As I type the rain is raining and the thunder is thundering and everything is clean and cool - what a relief. We have been lucky with the weather - most days have been typical tropical weather -...
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Rock Climbing - Sigiriya - 30 April 2018
April 30, 2018
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Ticked off another World Heritage site - Sigiriya Rock Fortress.
No, I am not going to bore you with the history of this site - you can Google for yourselves (https://lanka.com/about/attractions/sigiriya-rock-fortress/)
So, just some photos!
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Colombo to Sigiriya - 29 April 2018
April 29, 2018
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Depart hotel at 8am for city bus tour - tour guide Dudley Fernando gave us a quick overview of the current political climate - quite toxic and very corrupt - treasury coffers have been emptied by current PM.
Just like any city street in this part of the world! Then off to enjoy a drive in the country tussling with tuk tuks, two wheelers and public...
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Colombo - 28 April
April 28, 2018
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Arrived Colombo - midnight and seemed to wait an eternity for suitcases to come off the belt. This morning someone who shall remain nameless got me (Badger) out of bed by saying that it is 9 o'clock - oops that is Perth time! HER excuse is that we were both awake and traffic outside was noisy.
Colombo traffic is almost as bad as India with less re...
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