Despite being fairly local, until recently I hadn’t been to Portsmouth Museum for some years. With a free entrance it’s definitely worth a visit just for a nostalgic trip down memory lane. Rooms are styled in different decades showing the furnishings of the time and you are bound to recognise something you had in your […]
The Emirates Business Class Lounge in Colombo is smaller than many I have visited but more than adequately serviced for the discerning traveller. Calming shades of beige and gold decor and seating with a mossy green carpet makes sipping that champagne restful and pleasing. The lounge sports the usual floor to ceiling windows, a good range of […]
Taylor’s Hill is a converted tea planter’s house designed for traveller’s who like a little luxury. I left Taylor’s Hill when the raining was falling so everywhere looked washed clean and newly bright as my private driver carefully negotiated the bends on the narrow hills descending into Kandy. The distance in total from Taylor’s to Colombo is less than 90 miles […]
Manuimpathy like it’s sister hotels is boutique, luxurious and once a grand someone’s home. Infact it was one hundred and fifty years old and had been a family home for several generations. Located in district 7 of the city it has a small pool and is an ideal location for a day of sight seeing […]
The Grey Traveller? doesn’t often give awards and not least to toilets but I must highly commend the public toilets in Brading for being environmentally friendly and providing the nicest spending a penny experience. The toilets are eco loos, the Isle of Wight relies on water from the mainland so Brading council are […]
A man after my own heart, clearly born to turn left and why not if you can afford it? After all when you reach a certain age comfort is right there at the top of the criteria list for silver wanderlust. David and Helene embark on a trip of a lifetime making use of local […]
Two days and two nights is enough time to sample Sri Lanka’s capital city. A taxi on the expressway will get you in and out of the city quickly and a tuk tuk will take you around the city hotspots if there isn’t enough time to walk. Here are six things to keep you busy. Take a […]
The rain had washed the dusty roads and polished the lush green vegetation ready for our 15 mile journey from Kandy to Taylor’s Hill in the central province of Sri Lanka. Mist was hugging the Kandy Hills as albeit slowly we made our way through the traffic congested city. Before long we were beginning to climb high and Lal our […]
Taylor’s Hill is as the name suggest’s high on a hill. A former tea planter’s home and now a boutique hotel; a spot to revive a traveller and to soak up Sri Lankan tea country. First thing to do when exploring is to visit the Loolecondera Tea Estate and you will get to learn about the Ceylon […]
The Grey Traveller got the opportunity to explore Deltota when staying at Taylor’s Hill a nearby tea planter’s house. Busy even on a Sunday morning this small town welcomed us as we wandered its two main streets. …it seemed we were the centre of attention. We looked in shop windows and shook people’s hands as clearly not many […]
