A 5.55am tuk tuk picked up this morning for our whale watching tour with Raja and the Whales. It has to be said, nothing wakes you up faster than a speedy, white knuckle tuk tuk ride through twisting, narrow streets. But once more we survived and so did the numerous animals and vehicle of near collision. Once we were checked in and on board, they served us coffee and ginger nuts, seasick tablets and a fruit platter to start the day. Fortunately we had brought our...

We were happy to be checking out of Holiday Inn today due to its dampness getting worse and worse over our 5 day beach binge, it's a shame as its one of the nicest places we have stayed. But we were gutted to be leaving Unawatuna, one of our favourite places in the world. Last time we were in Sri Lanka, we did not take full advantage of the foods as we think with it being our first time in an Asian country we were worried about getting ill, however this time we h...

Our last day on Unawatuna Beach was filled with sunbathing, swimming, reading and massages. After enjoying our massage at Carpe Diem Spa we decided to take a second trip, but this time going for a 'Deep Tissue Massage', which basically stands for pain in Matt's case. Char reckons the woman went a little easy on her. We spent our last evening here having food and drinks with Dani and Jimmy. Today was a simple day but we definitely not taking them for grant...

Well today made our trip to Sri Lanka even better than we imagined it to be. When here nearly 5 years ago, it was to celebrate Simon and Vic's wedding day which was held at the epic Villa Victoria. Today we went to snoop on Villa V and to take some photos to send back to Sig and Vic. Well we did more than snoop.... Our plan was to get onto the beach at the rear of the villa and to climb the steps and take a peek. This was what we did but not knowing if Villa V...

Sri Lanka is one of Char's favourite places in the world, however there has been something which has played on her mind since arriving that has made her feel uneasy. Last time we were here, there was a guy who carried around a snake in a bag and a monkey on a lead around the beach, and used them to make money from idiotic tourists who thought it was a good idea to take a photo with them. What Python in its right mind allows a little monkey to jump about on it or ...