Grand Hyatt Muscat
We arrived late in the evening at our hotel, checked in quickly and then collapsed. Sri Lanka is one and a half hours ahead of Oman and we got in…
The Fortress
So our original plan in Mirissa was to check into our hotel, have some dinner, get to bed early so that we could be on a boat at 06:30 for…
Road to Mirissa
Mirissa is a beach town located on the southern coast of Sri Lanka and is known for surfing and all manner of waterborne activities including whale and dolphin watching. It…
Greenland Estate
The Greenland Estate surrounds 98 Acres and is a large, working tea plantation located in the hills near Ella. Our hotel was surrounded by tea plants and in the mornings…
Sri Lanka’s Tea Train
We arrived Sri Lanka around 6pm, navigated customs and immigration, and the duty free gauntlet where they sell the usual stuff plus, strangely, appliances including refrigerators. Then the scrum for…
Scenes From Saigon
It’s not a very picturesque city, but I suspect that has been true since the time of the Vietnam War. It doesn’t have the same long history as Hanoi (3,000…
Ben Thanh Market
We awoke the next morning to the sunrise in Saigon which we enjoyed from our living room. It was cool enough to open the shutters and windows and listen to…
Park Hyatt Saigon
This stop was really to round out our earlier visit to northern Vietnam. We didn’t really have an agenda other than eating Vietnamese food and drinking Vietnamese coffee. Much of…