Month: February 2017
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Puttalam to Mannar through Wilpattu National Park on Lifeday 25,395
The sleep was OK apart from a locomotive doing shunting duties at 3am and continually blowing its whistle 🙁 However I still managed nearly 8 hours of sleep. I met up with the guys from last night for breakfast at The Senathilka Guest Inn (where I should have stayed) having a double omelette, the portions…
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Kochikade to Puttalam on Lifeday 25,394
An excellent day, great breakfast at the hotel and I was on the road by 7.05 even after having by picture taken. The route I created step by step on Strava worked very well, avoiding the main road until there was no alternative at Chilaw. Even though today was a national holiday for Independence Day…
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Colombo to Kochchikade on Lifeday 25,393
The early start didn’t go quite as planned probably because I didn’t get to bed until after midnight 🙁 Everything went in my bags OK although I’m sure quite a few clothing items will never get used. Shock horror on reaching the main road to see it totally jammed up at 7.15am, Total nightmare 🙂 at…
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Around Colombo Lifeday 25392
After sleeping like a log and with no snoring I assembled the bike in my bedroom at West Inn, the only damage was the rear mudguard. This was broken (quickly fixed later by the car seat repair workshop down the road). After breakfast I then tried to find my way to the old town avoiding main roads.…
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Flight to Sri Lanka Lifeday 25,390
I left home at just after 4pm on Tuesday and finally arrived at my hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka at 2pm (UK time) the next day! Pretty quick I guess since I’m now over 5,400 miles from home according to Find Friends. The journey went smoothly and Qatar Air seems a decent airline with a…