Category: World Trip 2016
A 35-day trip covering five countries; Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka between 9 July 2016 and 12 August 2016.
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The amazing 2016 South East Asia trip to Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka seems both like yesterday and a long time ago. It’s sometimes good to think back and right now I’ve been thinking about the flights and distance I’ve travelled the world over my world trips and thought I’d pull together the…
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If you have had an enjoyable time on the road one of the tougher questions on returning is what did you enjoy the most? It’s a question I’m now in the fortunate position to consider after being back in Australia now for over a week. This trip was made up of two different tours between…
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Tour Title: Best of Sri Lanka and Test Cricket Tour Company: On The Go Tours Tour Leader: Manoj (Private Tour guide – Jehan) Cities Visited: Negombo, Anuradhapura, Giritale, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Udawalawe National Park, Colombo, Galle, Hikkaduwa Countries Visited: Sri Lanka Dates: 30 July 2016 to 9 August 2016 (Duration 11 days) Note: I did…
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Thursday 11 August and Friday 12 August Highlights: Sri Lankan Airlines Lounge, Qantas flight home The long trip home included a 3 hour car from Hikkaduwa to Colombo, a 3 hour 10 minute flight from Colombo to Singapore and finally a 7 hour 25 minute flight from Singapore to Melbourne. I had organised a private…
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Wednesday 10 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Whale and Turtle Watching, Exploring the Galle Fort. Today was my last full day in Sri Lanka before I begin the long journey home tomorrow and I wanted to make the most of it. Late yesterday my tour guide Manoj suggested that the remaining members of the…
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Tuesday 09 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Walking Hikkaduwa Beach A free and easy day watching the Olympics, visiting the beach, packing and checking my gifts, and starting to plan for my next trip to Africa hopefully in late 2017.
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Monday 08 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Mangrove Safari, Turtle Sanctuary, Tsunami Musuem Today was full of replacement activities for the unneeded 5th day of the Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Test March and our guide Manoj came up with some very worthwhile events.
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07 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Sri Lankan Full Body Massage Today was supposed to be the fourth day of the Sri Lanka versus Australia second Test Match but Australia couldn’t manage to survive that long. As a result today turned into a free day of walking around a beach and getting a full body…
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Saturday 7 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Sri Lanka Vs Australia Test Match, Galle Fort Today was the day I got to do an activity that I planned my entire 2016 world trip around,the Sri Lanka versus Australia Second Cricket Test Match. I ensured that this entire trip was timed to allow for me…
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Friday 5 August 2016. Photos and Videos. Highlights: Exploring a working gem mine, Independance Square, Gangaramaya Temple, Galle Face (shore of Colombo). Today was the last day with the full tour group before the cricket starts tomorrow. Based on the first two days of the cricket it appears we will be lucky to get even…
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