Onto Saigon
1月18日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Less than 40 miles to go to end our cycling journey through Vietnam. Get some coffee (sweet of course) and breakfast and head out on small roads through the countryside. Ride through a few marketもっと詳しく
A sick day
1月19日, ベトナム ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Woke up feeling crappy so spent most of the day in bed while Doug procured our packing boxes and materials. Sightseeing will have to wait .
Exploring Saigon
1月20日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Head out to explore the city as I am feeling a bit better. Start off with terrific French pastries. Take a Grab to avoid the busy and unpleasant streets. Wander around District 1, passing a fewもっと詳しく
Packing day
1月21日, ベトナム ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Organize and pack - that was how we spent our day. Did go out for pretty good pizza.
Goodbye Vietnam. Hello Sri Lanka!
1月22日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
After 2 months, it is time to leave Vietnam. Though there have been some high points, I found it a particularly difficult country. The roads weren’t great, the drivers were atrocious and theもっと詳しく
Wandering around Negombo
1月23日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Spend the morning organizing what would be needed for our Sri Lanka vacation. Took an Uber into Negombo and wandered around a bit. Did a bit of shopping before returning to our apartment to makeもっと詳しく
We are now a party of 4
1月24日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
After 2 days of travel, including a long layover in Hong Kong, Hannah and Maddie join us in Sri Lanka. We all get some more sleep (they arrived very early in the morning) before beginning ourもっと詳しく
Easing into vacation mode
1月25日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
With no big plans, go with the very chill vibe around here and have a late start. Eventually head down for some breakfast and then prepare for some beach time. Relax, do puzzles and bob in the water.もっと詳しく
Scuba day
1月26日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Three is us (Doug has caught my cold and unable to dive) head out early for our fun dives. Get suited up and take small boats over bumpy water to first dive site. Very choppy water which makes gettingもっと詳しく
Journeying inland
1月27日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
“Attend” a buddhist beach wedding. Two guests of the hotel opted to get married in a local manner. Grab some breakfast before heading back down the peninsula. Though we see elephant crossingもっと詳しく
Safari time
1月28日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Up early to get into Wilpattu Park before sunrise (and other safari trucks). A bit of a queue to get tickets and enter but the crowd quickly disperses within the park. Bump along on rutted dirt road.もっと詳しく
Polonnaruwa
1月29日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Eat a fun breakfast of traditional foods based on coconut and rice. Once fully carbed up, pile in unloaded TukTuk and drive through elephant territory towards the ancient city of Polonnaruwa. Exploreもっと詳しく
Kandy
1月30日, スリランカ ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Depart from our homestay after a different, and tasty breakfast. Another “short” drive (100 km) but the climbing is quite slow in our weighted down TukTuk. Have an additional climb into the hillsもっと詳しく
UP to Ohiya
1月31日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Make our way down our big hill and continue southward journey. Huge climbing day, topping out over 7000 feet. Not quite sure which would be more “fun”;; on a bike or our TukTuk struggling to makeもっと詳しく
Horton’s Plains National Park
2月1日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Get an early start to try and arrive at Workds End before the clouds typically descend. Steep climb up in the TukTuk. Quite chilly at the trailhead as it’s quite exposed. Have our breakfast and setもっと詳しく
Ella & a train track walk
2月2日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Very short drive out of the mountains towards hills. Roads are quite small and windy but we cover the 40 km pretty quickly. Found our hotel who’s is up an incredibly steep hill making for aもっと詳しく
Ella Rock
2月3日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Power up on breakfast and walk up to train tracks. Join the line of others heading to the same place. Quite a bit of up before the end and get nice views from the ridge overlooking the valley.もっと詳しく
To the beach we go
2月4日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Roll ourselves down our steep hill, and pile in to our TukTuk for a long trip to the coast. Pass by pretty waterfalls as we descend down and around more hairpin turns. Although it’s Independenceもっと詳しく
In search of the best snorkel spot
2月5日, スリランカ ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Organize early to get some snorkeling in during low tide. First spot is way too shallow so move over to where all the people are on Turtle Beach. Do spot a turtle and some nice patches of purpleもっと詳しく
Another beach day
2月6日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Decide to toot over to another beach to check out the snorkeling. Head to Polhena where there is very little beach but calm water and turtles. Water does get a bit rougher as tide comes in yet stillもっと詳しく
A return to Negombo
2月7日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Doug offers to drive the TukTuk back by himself, allowing us more beach time. Have one last snorkel and enjoy the beach before catching a TukTuk to catch a bus to catch an Uber to the apartment.もっと詳しく
A day of chores
2月8日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
Not much to this day besides laundry, organizing and walking to get food for dinner.
To Adams Peak we go
2月9日, スリランカ ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
With a few days left before I head home for family matters, decide to squeeze on more adventure in - a hike up Adams Peak. Back to TukTuk rentals we go to pick up our green TukTuk this time. Longもっと詳しく
Hiking Sri Pada (Adam’s Peak)
2月10日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Up at 2:00 to hike the 3.5 miles/1000 meters/5500 steps UP. This mountain is a very popular pilgrimage, supposedly with Buddha’s footprint on top. Goal is to get up before sunrise. Very steep, pavedもっと詳しく
One last TukTuk ride
2月11日, スリランカ ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Attempt to find waterfalls/swim holes on the way back though end up on some very small and rough roads. Do get to put our toes in and are treated to a fishie foot massage. Finish the ride, return toもっと詳しく