Peaceful

Rosie watches as her turtle navigates the waves (eventually) and is gone into the blue.

Always time for a quick pose for the camera.

Peaceful mouse

Rainbow sparkle

The turtle sanctuary in Induruwa.

Mouse choses her turtle and calls her Rainbow Sparkle. Two weeks old and ready to swim to mum in the deep ocean.

Rosie and Rainbow on the beach.

Rainbow getting restless..the call of the ocean..

The release

Bye bye little one. Travel safely

Bentota

A luminous ice-lolly in downtown Bentota. Oblivious to everything else, including the surrounding chaos in the build up to New Year.

New Year leaves for sale...

That's more like it! Indian fireworks. Lets have some explosions tonight.

The white whale

Traditional fisherman, beautiful tanned little girl.....and the white whale. Shocking stuff. My apologies...

Artwork by Rosie. The day after the picture above. Daddy, complete with breasts and burnt orange/yellow skin. Lovely....but accurate. Burnt to a veritable crisp.

Sunset

The warm evening glow of sunset in Sri Lanka. Lovely. Very lovely.

Lunch

The best curry in the world. To be eaten on a daily basis.

Home of the best curry in the world.

Beach time

Rosie's beautiful swimming beach

Coconuts!

My sand bed. Yawn.

Paradise found.

Ponyville

Look who followed us to Sri Lanka! Twilight sparkle and Pinkie pie are in the house.

And here comes Rarity!

The Woodheads

It's a hard life....

Green villa, Induruwa

 

Our lovely villa by the beach in Induruwa

Breakfast

Milk for Mouse. About the only healthy thing that passed her lips....

And Daddy is still wearing that shirt and trousers.....

Our beach

Our beautiful beach at Bentota. Thundering seas, sea-spray mist, and empty beach.

Beach panorama on the iphone. Nobody at all. Heaven!

Mouse inspects the beach. Note the old lady pose complete with handbag over the shoulder.

Difficult to pick the shots from the hundreds we took. Such a beautiful spot.

Bentota

  

Destination reached!

Daddy and Rosie representing in the local tuk-tuk

Daddy showing some skin (belly) and a dramatically bad trouser/shirt combination...(approximately 2 hours after ridiculing someone in Colombo for wearing two different check patterns.) Rosie, as ever, looking relaxed and chilled.

It's better by train

Maradana station. Time for an adventure!

  

On the platform, waiting for the 2.35 to Bentota. Thirty years since I travelled on this railway, and it is still as exciting now!

Mouse waiting patiently in the station cafe, creating another masterpiece. 

Not so sure about the fast food. Coconut with everything.....

What an amazing, brave and grown up traveller (braver than Dad anyway.) Willing to try anything once.

All aboard! Bentota here we come.

Talk about 'the coastal line.' We are almost in the sea.

Oh so green! Jeddah it aint.