Tip No. 3 Don't say your from England...we went for Poland but the choice is yours! And making up a fake language is a bonus :) From kandy we have now taken the train to Matara on the southern coast. The train was pretty nice but as usual very crowded and hot!! We then got a train to Tangalle about 45 minutes away. The bus drivers here don't really care if you have a massive bag or if you are hanging half way out of the bus when it sets off...safe to say me and...

Tip No. 2. Never try to buy 20/20 cricket match tickets from a dodgey tuk tuk driver...you will get conned... So we have now arrived in Sri Lanka! We got to Mount Lavinia, a little south of Colombo on Wednesday (I think - I don't know what day it is already) and had a nice afternoon by the pool :) We then took the train the next morning to Colombo for 15 rupees which works out about 7p...and then took a 3 and a half hour train to Kandy which cost us 190 rupees, ...