We had a couple of hours to explore some parts of Colombo and Negombo we hadn’t had a chance to visit before. It was also good to spend some time there with Katherine, Pieter, Rehara and Deshani.

In Colombo we went to Saskia Fernando Gallery who have participated in Art Dubai before. We also explored Cinnamon Gardens and had lunch in the interesting Camden-esque area, Park Street Mews, choosing the Kuuraku Japanese Restaurant which served up delicious sushi, sashimi and noodles.

The girls had the most fun visiting the local supermarket Arpico, always something to do in a different country! We stocked up on cashew nuts to keep us going on our onwards journey, nit spray (thankfully Joanna nor Tom ever had enough hair to catch nits but both Molly and Laura had nits quite a few times on the trip, from Sri Lanka to Australia!) and supplies for Tom to cook some more meals for us all.

In Negombo we had an alfresco lunch on the beach at Dolce Vita restaurant before a trip to the post office and look around the harbour.