“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than a moving plane, ship or train. There is an almost quaint correlation between what is in front of our eyes and the thoughts we are able to have in our heads: large thoughts at times requiring large views, new thoughts new places. Introspective reflections which are liable to stall are helped along by the flow of the landscape”
Alain de Botton
Sri Lanka | Colombo
Our first hotel was called Sunrise Boutique, but on arrival we were offered a room in their sister hotel, which was closer to town, and at the time of writing was nameless. We were greeted by Darryl (with two r's), friendly faced and helpful. You'd trust him with your wallet, that sort of guy. But I only say this in hindsight - when we first met he offered us some watermelon juice, which I thought he may have been drugged, so he could steal our passports and rape us.