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Cycling Jeonkok to Cheondong (Seoul) on Lifeday 25,445
Monday 27th March 2017 What a foul weather day! I awoke to thick grey cloud and finished it in pouring icy rain 🙁 The going was also very varied from old broken roads which would compete with the worst in England to high-speed smooth very busy expressways with the cycle paths following a similar pattern.…
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S. Korea biking to Munsan on lifeday 25,443
After spending 24 hours in a windowless world yesterday (why does everyone shut the blinds on aeroplane) and OK 8 hours of which was stuck in Doha airport with no windows but it did have a 25 metre indoor pool if you remembered to put your costume in your carry on bag – I didn’t…
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Portugal and a return to multi-day hiking on lifeday 25,430
Sally decided that it was time for us to return to multi-day hiking 🙂 and go to somewhere warmer than the UK for her weeks holiday in March. So yesterday we sat on the tarmac at Luton airport for the best part of 3 hours waiting for the Portugese flight controllers call to say we…
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A very enjoyable day around Bentota on LifeDay 25,414
The main reason for staying at the stupidly expensive Bentota Beach Hotel was so I could use their river cruise through the mangrove swamps. I opted for the one hour one as experience tells me I rapidly get bored sitting in a boat 🙂 It was just me and the guide, a young chap who…
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Biking Marissa to Galle on LifeDay 25411
Tuesday 21 February 2017 The weather returned to the normal blue skies and heat so a good day for Sri Lanka to show of its crystal clear sea and stunning huge beaches. I made a very leisurely start, after 10am, catching up on blog posts whilst the masses slept. The route followed the coast line…
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Whale watching from Mirissa LifeDay 25,410
Monday 20 February 2017 I spent the night worrying about being seasick on the trip today 🙁 Even thinking a good use of the watch would be to put a pebble under the strap to act on the pressure point. However at 6am the kind lady at Club Mirissa provided my breakfast – a seasickness…
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Cycling Tangalle to Mirissa on Lifeday 25,409
Sunday 19 February 2017 It was grey and drizzling again when I left the peace of Gayana Guest House to be confronted by the frenetic Tangalle literally a few yards around the corner. Quite a shock that early in the morning. The road went alongside the sea and it was great to see the palm…
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Biking from Kirinda to Hambantota via Yala on Lifeday 25,407
A lazy start to the day leaving Wild Tusker Resort just before 8am after having my two fried egg sandwiches and mango juice for breakfast. I came away feeling robbed, I’m sure I paid for my dinner when paying the owner last night. 🙁 I decided to bike to the gates at Yala National Park…
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Biking from Heritance Kandalama to Kandy on Lifeday 25,403
I couldn’t face the breakfast or it’s price so I was on the road before 7. After 6 hours of OK sleep in my ginormous bed. First stop was the Golden Buddha in Danbulla it really is magnificent, I even walked upto the Rock Temple stupidly taking my GPS which then had the effect of reducing…
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Polonnaruwa to Heritance Kandalama on Lifeday 25,402
I managed to leave Peacock Vista before 6.30 with my free breakfast box 🙂 which I tucked under the bungees behind my saddle. The route I had created on Strava to Medirigiriya Vatadage and then onto Sigiriya finishing at Heritance Kandalama worked perfectly. The first bit through very quiet roads and pleasant countryside. I arrived…