Ella- Hangovers lingering and sad goodbyes to the amazing people we met. we headed for Ella! We just about made it to the train on time which left 45 minutes early!! The 7 hour train ride was amazing! We managed to grab some great seats for the journey. The views were amazing! Rolling hills of tea plantations and jungle, beats the train to aldershot! We spent hours messing around with our gopro cameras, leaning out the windows and doors to see who could get be...

Day 3 + 4 kandy land! We woke up early to catch the train to kandy which is only about 150km north or colombo. Kandy is called the cultural centre of Sri Lanka and there are loads of things to see and do! We took the bus to the train station which is always an experience, the buses are over crowded and the drivers are really bad but a 30 min bus ride costs less than 10p.. Still more efficient than the UK as one comes along ever minute of 2. We had been told ...

Day 2- 6 More months of this... Only 4 hours sleep but decided had to get up and try and shift the jet lag! I met a German guy at the hostel called Guido and we decided that, as he had just arrived too that we would go and explore the city and beach! We headed first to the popular Mt lavina beach which was beautiful! The sea was warm and the beach stretched on for miles, but it was too hot and humid we had to have a beer! There are a few local beers in Sri L...

Day1- longest day.. The moment I arrive at Heathrow the planning and preparation was all behind me, nothing more I could do now but go! I had managed to get my bag down to just 12Kgs which is 5kgs lighter than I took to Spain for the 3 day Tomatina festival! The Indians really have no sense of urgency and they do love to que up For everything! Only 2 checking desks were open which were processing passengers at a shockingly slow speed! The 9 hour flight wa...