Our nerdy selves couldn’t come to Sri Lanka and not go to Geoffery Bawa’s estate. For those not as nerdy as us, Geoffrey Bawa was one of the most famous architects in Sri Lanka. He built many beautiful homes and resorts in Sri Lanka and the Parliament House. After he died in 2003 he donated […]
All the stats
So in total we did 1417km in our tuk-tuk and used about $140 in fuel. The tuk-tuk was just over $600 Aus to hire for 19 days and for an extra $20 the guys at the hire place organised our licence for us which saved us dealing with the Sri Lankan version of the RMS. […]
The West Coast
So the last leg of our trip was winding our way up the west coast back towards Colombo. It was off-season, so the surf was pretty rough and not suitable for surfing, but still great for a swim. Mirissa First stop was Mirissa and while it’s a great place to surf, our airbnb was pretty […]
Turtles and tidal tidbits
One of the best things on the coast we did was swim with turtles. We got the heads up from one of the guys where we had been having coffee in the morning about a beach up from Hiriketiya called Turtle point. Wild turtles come in and just hang about, as you do if you’re […]
Hiriketiya
Hiriketiya is a coastal town on the South coast of Sri Lanka and boy were we glad to see the ocean after a week of driving inland through the mountains. We’ve made our way across the middle and down the centre of Lanka and now we’re on the second leg to work our way up […]
Ella
Lovely, lovely Ella. what’s not to like. Beautiful scenery, lovely people and amazing food. We stayed at Hillcrest Ella and it’s been such a great place to stay. The view from our balcony is stunning. The food is some of the best we’ve eaten here and the host is super friendly and helpful. We went […]
Kandy and Nuwara Eliya
Sean’s grandmother was from Kandy so it was on our ‘must see’ list. We had a walk around Kandy Lake and the surrounding street markets. We decided to skip the Temple of the Tooth as it was Poya and the place was packed. Poya is a Buddhist celebration that happens every full moon. As there […]
Dambulla/Sigiriya
I can’t explain in words how lovely this place is. There is accomodation for only 2 couples and you can barely see the other room from ours. We have our own pool and it’s insanely quiet. Getting here was an experience. We took turns driving and we’ve been driving pretty well. I had to negotiate […]
Negombo: Day 1 & 2
So after arriving at around 10:30pm, after a fairly uneventful flight we were hit with the heat and humidity of Negombo. Coming from an Australian winter it was a bit of a shock, but we’re acclimatising. We’re staying at a great little place called Ayur Ayur Ayurvedic resort off the main drag of Negombo. It’s […]
Tuk Tuk time
A bit of a delay with the update but we’ve found wifi in Lanka is pretty crappy. So we decided to hire our own tuktuk and drive ourselves around Sri Lanka for three weeks. Impulsive – heck yes, but it’s going to be hilarious, scary, possibly dangerous at times, but a whole lot of fun […]
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