Finally touched down in Colombo at 1330, around 8 hours later than planned but at least we had had a nice snooze at Dubai Airport and on the plane. Unfortunately we still were not back on track as our luggage had not made the journey to Colombo with us. Cue further delay whilst we logged our lost luggage for tracing.

Stepping outside the airport we met our driver for the next few days touring, Erik .

A 100km drive ahead of us we knew that driving speeds were slower because of the narrow roads but it wasn't until 5 hours later we rolled into the hotel car park to check in with a quick stop en route to buy a change of clothes - you've got to love the baggage handling guys!!

Hotel is a Eco - friendly lodge which has a magnificent view of the rock - but not for us to see till the morning.

After such a lengthy trip it was all we could manage to wander across to the dining room for dinner and then crash out in the room. 8am start tomorrow .... oh dear.