Thirteen years ago when Dad had backpacked around Asia on his own he fell in love with the tiny “one street town” of Tanah Rata in the Cameron Highlands. At 1440m above sea level it is a lot cooler than the lowlands. We debated if we should take the trip to the Cameron Highlands or…
Kuala Lumpur
Our flight from Colombo to Kuala Lumpur went much smoother than then first flight of our trip. In under four hours we had landed and were in good spirits. We sorted ourselves out with local SIM cards and headed to immigration. There was a message from our Airbnb host to give them an hours’ notice…
Our Budget for Sri Lanka
We are a family of four. For our four weeks in Sri Lanka, minus the flight to get there, we spent a total of £2,467.36 (£88.12 a day). It cost us £1279.22 for our one way flights direct with Sri Lankan Airways so total with flights included was £3746.58. There were certainly cheaper flight options…
A Great Homestay in Galle
Before we left home we had the privilege of Mudith and his wife Lucy, popping to our house and cooking a meal for 15 people. Mudith runs a small take away called Coconut Sambol and when he heard of our plans to travel around Sri Lanka he was keen for us to have a homestay…