Tag: Hikkaduwa

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…