After our time with Mum in Mirissa and Galle, we farewelled her and moved up the coast to Unawatuna beach for five nights. This is the most popular beach along the south coast and there are lots of tourists and places to stay here. Normally we book ahead but this time decided to be typical…
Category: Sri Lanka
Galle – a fortified town
Galle is a historic walled city, a UNESCO world heritage site and a one hour bus ride from Mirissa – this made it the perfect location for a day trip! We arrived in the heat of the day, and after a walk around the ramparts decided to take a tuk tuk around the town to…
Relaxing on Mirissa Beach
The south coast of Sri Lanka has some stunning beaches – we decided to stay at Mirissa, known for being one of the more chilled out beaches. We booked rooms at a beautiful hotel where each morning we could have breakfast under the palm trees, looking at the ocean and the nearby island – such…
On Safari in Sri Lanka
We had planned a visit to Tissamaharama to do a safari to Yala national park to see leopards, and had booked accommodation accordingly. We were rather dismayed to learn on arrival in Sri Lanka that the whole park was closed in September but decided to go to Tissa anyway and try a different park. We…
A train ride through tea country
We took a train from Kandy high into the hills to Nuwara Eliya, which was a beautiful trip with lots of views of tea plantations along the way. We travelled third class as all of the other seats were taken and it turned out to be perfectly comfortable and with far better views than the…
Hill climbing in Sri Lanka
We decided to hire a driver to visit the sites of Dambulla and Sigrinya, as they were just far enough away that taking buses would have made for a stressful day. Our first stop was Dambulla, where we climbed a hill and saw the famous cave temples. There are five different temples perched on the top…
A day in Kandy
We travelled to Kandy by train – we were in the first class coach, but didn’t have a particularly impressive view. Kandy itself was lovely – it’s a small town beside a man made lake. We spent a day exploring Kandy – our first stop was the Temple of the Tooth, where a tooth supposedly…
Arrival in Sri Lanka
We spent two fantastic weeks in Sri Lanka with my (Karen) mother Julie. Our flights landed a few hours apart, so Reuben and I were able to arrive and settle in before meeting Mum at the airport. We stayed at an airbnb place in Negombo, which I would recommend as it is only 10km from…
Meandering Kiwis 