by timshazz | Apr 8, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
View of Kandy Lake Arriving 20mins early, we secured seats on the bus and we were soon heading out of Nuwara Eliya and just beginning to realise the extent of the golf course. The ride is a spectacular 2hr descent, winding down an endless series of switchbacks and...
by timshazz | Apr 7, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
Lush gardens at Victoria Park, Nuwara Eliya On arrival in town from our early morning jaunt to Horton’s Plains and onward to Nuwara Eliya, we were swiftly greeting by the Victoria Inn manager as he loaded our bags into an awaiting van. He seemed a bit anxious...
by timshazz | Apr 7, 2019 | Destinations, Travel Tips and Advice
Looking south from World’s End viewpoint, Hortons Plains Ever so sweetly, the family got out of bed to farewell us at 5 am as we piled into the tuk-tuk with all our bags. It was actually a bit sad as we’d nurtured a brief but warm relationship with these...
by timshazz | Dec 28, 2018 | Bicycle Touring, Destinations
From the cool tropical highlands of Sri Lanka to the vast prairies of mid-west America, the snow-covered mountains of British Columbia, the dust-filled skies of the Australian outback and finally finishing in the bustling metropolis of Kuala Lumpur, for Catch Our...
by timshazz | Nov 10, 2018 | Destinations
After breakfast, with the Dutch girls in tow, we all loaded into a new Toyota van and were on our way out of Tissamaharama. It’s about a 90km trip via Wellawaya where the A2 terminates. About 5 or 6 kms before Wellawaya you can see the mountains rising up...
by timshazz | Dec 1, 2014 | Destinations
Check out this handy little map from Matador. What better way to plan your trips than to see all the places you haven’t touched down in yet. Ours is getting fairly blue, but as you can see, there’s loads of ground we haven’t covered…Next years...
