Peter's Travel Blog

This morning, our first morning in Sri Lanka, we decided to go for a walk. It was hot even at 9am, and we deduced that it probably wasn’t going to get any cooler as the day progressed, so a short walk into the city and a leisurely afternoon on board Voyager would suffice. After all; we were still a little...

This morning, as Storm Angus battered the South of England, the weather in North Yorkshire was equally cold, wet and very windy. It felt like a very good day to be leaving the UK and flying to Sri Lanka. The drive down to Heathrow airport was wet, but mercifully uneventful. Once we’d deposited our car at the long-term parking place,...

On Monday the 21st of November, I will be heading in an Easterly direction to join the good ship Voyager (Voyages of Discovery), in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The two-week voyage will include stops in India and Thailand before concluding in Singapore… all places that are quite exotic-sounding and totally new to me. I will be running watercolour workshops on board...