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February 22nd We had an early start as we had a packed schedule for the next 36 hours. The plan was to drive from Bangkok to Siem Reap in Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples! The drive to the Thailand-Cambodia border was actually really nice. We stopped at a rest area along… Read more
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February 17th Before heading to our hotel in Colombo, we met with Mr. Fernando, who is an old colleague of my grandfather from his time working at Nestle back in the 80’s. He noticed many similarities between my mother and her father, which seemed to amuse him greatly. Thank you Mr. Fernando for the tasty… Read more
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February 8th After a much-needed slow morning and packing up from Yakaduru, our driver, Sampath, picked us up, and we set off for the first stop of our tour—the charming town of Ella. On our way we also got to see a beautiful waterfall and had lunch at this very well organised restaurant called “Cafe… Read more
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February 6th After a tasty hopper breakfast at Kingsley’s, we were on the road to the Yakaduru safari camp in the buffer zone of Yala National Park: Not long after arriving at the Yakaduru safari camp and having lunch, we headed out for a moon drive around the Yala National Park buffer zone. We saw… Read more
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January 31st Despite my mum’s many warnings—”If you think it’s hot now, maybe we shouldn’t go to Sri Lanka”—we made it to Colombo without any issues! Upon arrival, we met our guide, Sampath, who would be with us for the next few weeks. He took us to our guesthouse for the night so we could… Read more