Leaving on a jet plane..........again

At last our long awaited holiday has arrived. It seems an age since the girls and I last totally exhausted ourselves in New York at Easter. 


A little reminder

But that was just a taster for the big one. Ian and I are taking a road trip around Sri Lanka. It will of course be a luxury road trip (I hope), as I am expecting robes and slippers in each hotel. I will once again be attempting to bring you just a flavour of the trip, and expecting to make you all really jealous of course. Here’s just a soupçon of what could happen.

We may see some of these


I’ll be trying my best not to step on any of these 


These, apparently, hang out around those luxury hotels


And I’ve already taken expert advice on what todo if this happens


Vitamin B, garlic, mozzie machines, and 100% Deet ought to stop the Vicky/giant pussball/car door episode in the event of bites from these


We’ll be travelling on these


Luxury ones of course. And stopping off here


And here



Before ending up here for a few days


All inclusive of course.

While here the beginning of this will happen


Of course, before we get home we’ll probably see a lot of this


And this

The adventure begins tomorrow evening, with a 9.30pm SriLankan airways flight to Columbo. I’d love for you, my family and friends, to join me via this blog.


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  1. Heather6 June 2018 at 07:06

    I will be on the edge of my seat waiting to find out all that transpires on your trip. Please check for leeches before they get as high as your face!

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