An Introduction to Sri Lanka: Winning the Avis Travel Blogger of the Year award was one of the highlights of last year for me. Apart from the kudos, an £800 travel voucher to spend with British Airways was a fabulous prize. Of course I did have to decide where to go – and my initial […]
Hornets and Patricidal Kings – Sigiriya
Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka – Sigiriya: A winding spiral metal staircase built into the sheer rock-face is not, for me, a place to try a race to the bottom. And, at 11am, the sun was already burning,the temperature, even at altitude, in the high 80s. Nevertheless, behind me the guide was fretting. Hurry, hurry […]