Colombo City Hotel

Today, I'm off to Sri Lanka and I will have to take 2 different flights as I have a connection in Chennai. I wanted to get the public transport as taxi to the airport where extortionate, all proportion kept off course. It turned out there was a bus going to airport from the station only 5mins away which was perfect.<br><br>The first flight went really well - only 30mins. The connection was slightly more stressful. Indeed, I only had 45 minutes and because I ...

... we had a good time eating our way through several different foods together. Mission accomplished in Colombo...I learned how to eat with my fingers.<br><br>I meet up with a friend tomorrow night in Malaysia and we are trying to figure out what to do since 90% of our plans got messed up from all the natural disasters. I think we'll just wing it and see what comes up. That's usually the best way and always leads to some awesome discovery like yesterday in Fujairah. <br>

... no, I am trying to understand how you can stay in country four months when you only have a one month visa." Then I realized he really did want to hassle me. I explained I had a letter from the Ministry of Education and asked if he wanted to see it. He did, and I started shuffling through my papers in this stifling hot room with no air conditioning. He looked at me and smiled, said, "Madam, please take your time. I have all the time in the world." I really ...

... no, I am trying to understand how you can stay in country four months when you only have a one month visa." Then I realized he really did want to hassle me. I explained I had a letter from the Ministry of Education and asked if he wanted to see it. He did, and I started shuffling through my papers in this stifling hot room with no air conditioning. He looked at me and smiled, said, "Madam, please take your time. I have all the time in the world." I really ...

... what we have seen so far, we can definitely recommend a visit to Sri Lanka. The majority of the population is Buddhist (72%) and the second biggest ethnical group are the Tamil (20%). Violence between these groups erupted in the 80s, which led to a long civil war and series of terrorist attacks throughout the country. Since 2000 there is a ceasefire which is still holding, but tensions are still high and some areas in the north are still controlled by the ...

... tea plantations then head down to the coast for a few days on the beach before flying back to Toronto on December 17th for Christmas. We fly to Santiago, Chile on January 2nd for the start of the South American leg. We'll try to write from somewhere in Argentina. Seasons greetings and best wishes for a safe and adventure-filled 2008. Warm regards, MAJ &amp; RAP

... phone our Vet and asked him to come to the Temple ( he was an hour away ) and Del who said she would collect our supplies from the Once I was off the phone I went over to Mango and could see she had numerous cuts to her legs and more worriedly Monique pointed out that she was bleeding from her vulva,. As Dogstar feeds the temple dogs we were able to get some food to tempt her to stand (as we needed to examine her further) her leg was also at a very bad ...

... flee from the field. And so...the royal brother is left on his own to fight the army of his evil brother. He sees his army running behind him and his brother's army approaching...and so he takes his sword and kills himself. Pretty intense huh? Anyway, so although much of the structure of Sigiria palace is no longer there, you can easily imagine how grand the place was. There are still water gardens and pools ...

... doodads, or other souvenirs. I guess I collect bathrooms. I took a bus ride to Kandy as the excursion. Originally we were scheduled to ride a restored train up to Kandy and the cost was $285 for each of us. After our epiphany about conspicuous consumption yesterday, we swapped our train tickets in for bus tickets at $85 each. It was exactly the same excursion except that, on the expensive trip, you rode an old fashioned steam train one way. A good thing we ...