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Month: January 2019

Sri Lanka Backpacking – What to take

January 30, 2019 Ryan and Mel Leave a comment

Out trusted Berghaus 35+7 rucksacks have been retrieved from the loft, and still being small, they are fine 🙂 Also taking a 20L day-sack (frame removed) that will fit in my rucksack, but removable, so “valuables” will always be with us rather than slung in a hold etc. Some products…

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Getting to Sri Lanka – Negombo – Colombo

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We’re quite lucky, we can leave the house, walk 100m and get a bus with one connection to Heathrow and jump on a plane.  This time we’re flying Emirates via Dubai – decided that was worth paying a bit more than going on Jet Airways via Mumbai….  Whilst we like…

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Backpacking Sri Lanka – Index

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Important info 🙂 All photos from Trip Prologue Stuff to take Summary and Review Top Tips and advice Details Getting to Sri Lanka – Negombo – Colombo Sri Lanka – Colombo to Kandy Sri Lanka – Kandy to Matale via Dambulla to Sigiriya Sri Lanka – Sigiriya to Dambulla, Polonnaruwa to Kandy…

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Leisure Battery Issues & Testing

January 6, 2019 Ryan and Mel 3 Comments

Our NV200 has 2x “100AH” leisure batteries, and these are maintained via a 120W solar charger and CTEK D250S MPPT & B2B smart charger, and generally are maintained to a high voltage all the time and never flat. In the summer, the batteries are full by 9/10am from the solar…

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