Our last day in Sri Lanka was spent trying not to get too car sick as we wound our way down the mountain with a few stops for photo shoots, at record-speeds and trying not to have a heart attack watching as Anton swerved in and out of lanes passing trucks and cars on a…

Our schedule was a bit lighter for this day, so we started a little later for our trip up the mountains to Nuwara Eliya. We started with finishing our visit in Kandy by heading to the Holy Tooth Temple located near/on the palace grounds of the last Singhalese king. It also happened to be a…

Having rested up, we were out early to beat the Colombo morning rush-hour traffic to make our way towards Kandy. We drove for about three hours straight passing lots of green views of the land until we got to the Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage. The elephants were so cute and I could have watched them play…

Despite our tired state and plans to eat breakfast, then nap before our city tour, C and I ended up chatting in the restaurant for a few hours and never got our naps…. Unfortunately, that meant that when Anton took us on the city tour of Colombo, we missed much of it being so sleepy…

A friend from work and I decided to try out traveling together as we’re both semi-single women who like to travel, but aren’t always comfortable traveling on our own. So, we decided to take our first trip together for a few days at the end of term and before she had to begin summer school…