elephants – Two Brits Abroad

Sri Lanka’s ‘Cultural Triangle’: Part 3 – A massage and a herd of elephants

August 20, 2017 Sarah Comments 0 Comment

On our final full day in Habarana, we treated ourselves to an Ayurvedic massage in our home stay, before a trip to Minneriya National Park to see the elephants. Our Ayurvedic experience involved a full body massage, followed by 10 minutes or so of hot oil dripping on our foreheads. Apparently it drips onto our third eye… And then we went into the herbal sauna. The massage was good, but the oil dripping was a little bit weird. I’m still not…

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Tanzania: On the search for the ‘BIG FIVE’

August 16, 2016 Sarah Comments 0 Comment

A safari in Africa usually includes an attempt to spot the “Big Five”. This includes seeing an African lion, an African elephant, a rhinoceros, a leopard and … a Cape buffalo. ‘Wait!’ I hear you cry. ‘A buffalo? Not a cheetah or a hippo? Or even a giraffe?’Nope. The fifth animal that you must see on safari in Africa is definitely the Cape buffalo. I did not make this up. Why a buffalo?The term ‘Big Five’ was actually coined by game-hunters and…

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Trip report: Tanzanian Safari

June 27, 2016 Sarah Comments 0 Comment

Our safari in Tanzania was with Kudu Safaris. We had four days with them (although the fourth day was really only driving back from the Ngorongoro Crater to Arusha) and visited Tarangire National Park, Lake Manyara National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. We were in a 4×4 Landcruiser with 6 seats in the back. Every seat is next to a window, so nobody is stuck in the middle. Not that this mattered, as we were the only ones booked…

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The Bangalore Palace: In pictures

June 12, 2015 Sarah Comments 0 Comment

Owned by the Mysore royal family, the Wadiyars, Bangalore Palace was particularly used the Maharaja in the late 1800s and early 1900 as a getaway from the bigger and fancier Mysore palace. The audio guide includes stories from family members who have fond memories of intimate summers at the palace.If you’re in Bangalore, its worth a visit, if only to admire the turrents and towers from the outside and the fading grandeur from the inside. Downstairs, the medieval looking ballroom is…

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