Sums it up!
Sri Lanka that is! We’d not long all clambered off the now packed train at Kandy as the guys passed all our bags through the window to us.
Kandy, nice but not sweet.
The 7 hour scenic train journey from Ella to Kandy was beautiful, rated as one of the most awesome train journeys in the world (not by me, check it out on tinternet).
Battleground.
We are indeed having a splendid time in Sri Lanka, the only hurdle we seem to have not overcome yet is homework time – it’s a battleground and I don’t cope well with it. Read more “Battleground.”
The journey from Unawatuna to Ella
After we had visited the school, we were all very tired when we got on the bus it was very jerky and I accidentally fell on a child’s lap when I was trying to get off!
Ella, vomit and spots.
We ended our 10 days in Unawatuna with a visit to a little beach; Dalawella is shallow, calm and clear. I won’t go on too much about the turtles we snorkelled with but I will just say it was truly spectacular and to share the experience with John and the kids too was amazing. We also went to Jungle Beach, which again was gorgeous but a bit too busy as it was so small and had too many smoking Russians. You know how I feel about smoking (if you don’t, where have you been?) and I’m pleased to announce the Sri Lankans in general don’t smoke, it’s the Europeans and Russians you’ll smell first. Read more “Ella, vomit and spots.”
Rockside, Ella
I went on a really fast jet ski with my mum it made me have butterflies in my tum.
I fell off into the sea it was a bit scary but then we climbed back on then it was great again. Read more “Rockside, Ella”
Udawalawe to Ella
Wow! Kids up at 4am this morning to go to Udawalawe National Park. They were AMAZING yet again! bright as buttons, super helpful and confident.
Ella Rock
Wow wow wow!!!
Another fabulous day! This time, a hike up Ella Rock.
Japanese Pagoda, Jungle beach and Carnival
Short trip via tuk-tuk today to Jungle beach via the Japanese Pagoda Temple, a beautiful place that combined the blindingly bright reflection from the sun with the cool shade of the dome’s overhang and a breeze from the sea.
Galle Fort and Turtles
So, another day and a trip to the nearest city in this south western corner of the country – Galle. We spent the morning and the ridiculously hot middle of the day (we still haven’t got our timings right around getting out early/ to bed early to avoid it) walking the Fort walls.
To the BEACH!
Fabulous day at Sahana beach. Great little local cafe serving ‘shorts’ (snacks not double vodkas!). Genuinely friendly surf school peeps (MSP), lovely with the kids, relaxed and no pressured sales thing going on.
Unawatuna and a spotty bum.
We moved from Colombo and traveled south for 2.5hrs in a taxi to our second destination. Unawatuna is a beach town, the beaches are glorious But it’s still noisy, dusty, dirty and the roads are chaotic.
Beaches and a day at school
Today we went to the Unawatuna school in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰. We all got lots of high fives from the children who attended the school, we had to board a van with 2, 18 year olds because they taught at the school that we were going to. When we got there the English teachers (who were from England but had only been there for 4 months! And had all ready learnt how to count to 10 in Sinhalese!!!!!!! ) Their names were Megan and Natalie they were really nice .
My Beach Days
I went to a beach and dug a hole. It was so big, I could crawl through it. I like the sea here because the waves aren’t deep. Read more “My Beach Days”
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Business idea no.1…Tuktuks in Chinley. We’ve spent the last 8 months researching, child car seats, child safety rules in different countries, top end insurance for our trip, safety this, safety that, then we go and squeeze the four of us into a bloody tuktuk which is basically a 125cc moped with a cart on the back – in the busiest city in Sri Lanka where there’s only one rule of the road…that’s…there are no rules. Everybody abides by this important rule so it works just fine.
We are well and truly on our way!
So we’re on the beach! 1 lift, 2 planes, 12 hrs flying, 5600 miles, way too may films, 1 taxi, 1 tuktuk is all it took! Ooh, and a dash of jet lag!
Sri Lanka 28th Dec 2017 – 18th Jan 2018
Colombo, Unawatuna, Ella, Kandy.