It feels like its been a long day today. We woke up early to catch our 8:45 train over to Ella. Annoyingly the train was packed and we had to stand for awhile. Someone later gave us a seat that we shared for the majority of the journey. The train took 6 hours to get to our destination, but it climbs up into the Hill Country of Sri Lanka passing small villages, huge tea plantations, mountains and rice fields. The scenary is stunning but we were on the opposite sid...

Last night we cheated. Im sorry to have to tell you this but we went out in the evening and had Chinese food!! I'm sorry but our poor defenceless stomachs couldn't hack another bit of curry that day, we'd already had it for breakfast! However that evening back at the hotel we had some Tea with another couple who were staying, India and Adam, the are doing the same this as us but starting in Cambodia. It just happens that we both were getting a bus to Kandy. So t...

The hotel owners are a older couple, they do everything in the small hotel and are so lovely. Last night Matthew was going to head out across the road to get us two more bottles of water and they insisted that we take the bottles of water they had, don't worry they were all sealed and safe. She told Matt that she was our Am'mã while we stay here. She has been so kind and helpful. She was up early that morning preparing our breakfast of toast, bananas, melon, ric...

What a day! We woke early to pack and catch our bus to Dambulla from the Good Shed bus station, yes that's an actual bus station name?! After dodging a man trying to con us into thinking that his mini can was the actual bus, I wonder how much that would have cost! We jumped on the national bus service, these buses are pretty cool looking but with no air con and crammed seats it's no wonder we received concerned looks from locals with our big bags. We had to sit ...

We are staying in Kandy for another two days to explore and relax. However we have found out that Kandy is not the place for relaxation. It is a small town packed full of shops in historic buildings ruined with huge plastic signs. The roads are constantly crowded with cars, tuk tuks and bus beeped and each other loudly. At night the stray dogs howl in unison with each other along with the ever beeping traffic. On top of that you have a strong Buddhist and Muslim ...