Friday, January 2, 2015

Sri Lanka bound!

"Sri Lanka?? You are off to Sri Lanka? Hmmm interesting" were some of the comments that we received when asked about our holiday plans.
Accommodating the needs and interests of 5 adults spread at different points on the globe when planning a holiday will always be a challenge. Finding 'new' destinations is another challenge when there are seasoned travellers involved however all agreed on Sri Lanka as the 2015 destination.
This time our Backpackingwithwheels bloggers, Mr and Ms X would be joined by daughter A and daughter C along with her partner P.
Melbourne airport was crazy on New Year's Day, not a good sign on a whole lot of fronts. Exit rows become unavailable, long queues and people who don't listen to simple instructions'Take your iPads out of your bags' always let the team down.
A midnight flight means 2 things: board and sleep.
A baby directly in front and one directly behind meant that was never gonna happen! Despite Ms X and her earplugs, the sounds were penetrating and were a cross between a beached whale and a stuck pig(according to Mr X) yet Ms A simply said it was coming from something that wasn't human. A  3 hour respite at KL airport gave some relief until one of the culprits parked themselves beside us in the transit lounge and continued the squawking!! ugh. Solution?? Just play a monotonous playlist on your laptop for yoursquawking   child and make sure you don't have any headphones so you irritate passenges even more!
Sri Lankan airlines does a delicious breakfast according to Ms A who would gladly order that in a Restaraunt. You can't get a better recommendation than that.

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