Sri Lanka, Day 1 London

An easy enough start to the long haul from London to Colombo – a door-to-door journey on London transport to the Travelodge in Hounslow.  Not the height of luxury by any means but quite adequate for an overnight stay prior to our 6am start tomorrow to  catch the 9.30 morning flight to Mumbai.  The room is clean, spartan and characterless as is the whole place, but for 32 pounds you can’t expect anything more.  After all it is conveniently located only 15 minutes by bus from Heathrow Central.  The cafe bar serves luke warm food which has bearly touched the inside of a microwave (most probably out of a packet) and almost all the vegetarian meals are ‘off’ in preparation for the imminent introduction of the rather improbably named ‘spring’ menu.  But Tottenham are showing on the TV, so can’t fault it on that score.