Flight tomorrow to Colombo !! Here we come...

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Dream destination of the week

1. Welcome to New York, 2. Norwegian Gem, 3. Southern View, 4. The dock of the bay 2

One of my ideas for my next trip this year was this !

Combination of citytrip New York with a cruise from Nyc to the Bahama's....

Unfortunatly it will be for a next time... Doesn't fit in the program this year...

But why not keep on dreaming on the pics !

New stuff to carry !

This weekend, while preparing for the big departure, I was thinking about how to take my laptop on the trip.... It's heavy & big...

So I went getting me one of those new netbooks !!

It's an Acer Aspire One in green :

I got it on sale for only 319€ !

It's handy, small, light weighted,...perfect for me to travel along, keep in touch and updating my blog !

Let's hope Sri lanka has easy Wifi connections.....

Stil counting the days !! 5 to go

Dream destination of the week

1. J E A V A N D. Gwalior, 2. P E A N U T S. New Delhi, 3. L O K N A T H. Kajuraho, 4. R E S T I N G. Junagadh

This week I wanted to contribute to the trip my collegue is about to do.

She's leaving for 9 months to travel through Asia and Africa !!

Her first stop (and first cultural shock...) is Delhi India.

So that's why I chose for the colours of India !

Not decided yet, but roughly....this would be it

As I read my books, blogs and forums around, it's really difficult to really make an itinerary now. But after some consulting I guess it would be something like this :

13 march - Arrival Colombo
9am visiting Pettah and around, then taking the train around 4.15pm straight to Anuradhapura. Arriving around 8.30pm.
Allready booked a guesthouse for the first night. Milano tourist rest for 19€ as mentionned in my Lonely Planet.

13/14 march - Anuradhapura 1 night
Visiting Anuradhapura and Mihintale with the bike. Taking a bus in the afternoon to Dambulla

14/15/16 march - Dambulla 2 nights
1st day - visiting Dambulla caves
2nd day - hireing a car+driver to visit Sigiriya & Polonnaruwa and driving straight on to Kandy



16/17/18 march - Kandy 2 nights
1st day - strolling around Kandy - Temple of the tooth and botanic gardens
2nd day - relaxing and taking the train to Hatton to get to Dalhousie

18/19 march - Adam's Peak !!
The big night ! Around 2am climbing the famous pelgrim mountain Adam's peak (Sri Pada) with it's 5000 stairs ! Hoping to reach the top....
After that, continuing straight to Haputale to rest....



19/20 march - Horton Plains & World's end
After a good long night of sleep, leaving early to hike through Horton Plains and reach Worlds end. If my legs follow.....
Taking a car to move on in the afternoon to Ella.


20/21/22 march - Ella 2 nights
After all the efforts, taking a break in Ella, with little hikes and massages...

Then I get a little confused about where to go....
1st option
Going south through Tangalle 1 night - Mirissa 2 nights - Galle and ending 2 nights around Negombo to catch our early flight back

2nd option
Going south to Kataragama 1 night - Tangalle 1 night - Unawatuna 2 nights and ending with a night Negombo...

The more I think about it, the more I get confused. So many things to do there... Turtles in Tangalle, whalespotting in Mirissa, the famous stilt fishermen, Galle fort, relaxing, aaarrrrgrrghhhhhh !!!!



I think we'll see when we get there.... Or do you have any suggestions ??

Anyway, I believe this will be a trip not to forget ! I'm so looking forward to it, it's making me crazy ! 2 days ago, I recieved a call from a guesthouse from Kandy, it feld like I was allready there. The guy named Malik was so friendly and helpfull. Told me that I had to change my plans because of the Cricket World Cup in Kandy !! Thanks to him, I will not be there for the increased prices and lots and lots of people for this event ! Thank you Malik from Palm Garden.

Countdown Sri Lanka ! D - 23

Finally my next trip is coming ... It's been really too long waiting to get out of this rainy, cold country again.

January has been a month with up's and downs ! You've all heared about the problems in Tunisia & Egypt ? Well, we are the solvers of everything, apparently....
I'm glad that's over now. Headackes less to care about.

Daniel has to go to Gent today to get his shot against yellow fever... He's not so happy about it, as he really hates shots !! I did mine allready 6 years ago, so I'm safe for this time, Yippie !

My Lonely Planet and Rough Guide are on the way, as we only booked our flights and nothing else... How exciting !!

See you all soon, I will talk about my itinerary in my next post.

Dream destination of the week

1. Adam's Peak, the mountain of Sacred Footprint of Sri Lanka:, 2. Sri Lanka, Nuwara Eliya. Tea picker., 3. Gal Vihara, Polonaruwa, 4. Hikkaduwa sunset, Sri Lanka, 1978

Sri Lanka - "The wonderfull island" like they call it.... This is my next destination in March 2011 !

The famous Adam's peak with it's 4800 steps, the beautifull ancient capitals like Anurathapura, Polonaruwa and Sigiriya, the sandy beaches of Negombo & Hikkaduwa, and not to forget the Tea industry in Nuwara Eliya & Ella....

It all seems so far away...