Sri Lanka 'part 1'

Hi Everyone! We are back in Dubai, safe and sound. I have quite a few photos but I will just post a few, you can see the rest when I come back to Tas on SATURDAY!

This is The Mount Lavinia Hotel where we stayed. It is located about 12km south of Colombo (thank goodness, not the nicest city). It is an old colonial mansion. We had amazing views of the sea, the beach and of Colombo.


There are two beaches near the hotel, one is private and the other is open to the public. We were walking along the public one and this man ran over to show us his snake. There were lots of people everywhere doing anything they could for money. We got the feeling it was worse than usual because a lot of tourists are still staying away after the Tsunami.


We ate nearly every meal at our hotel (except when we were touring) and drank quite a few cocktails. It was really cheap. I imagine if you wanted to you could travel through Sri Lanka spending very little money.


More to come....