*Whilst Kate and Saida decided to take the more relaxing route of Cinnamon Grands amazing swimming pool, me and Beth decided to head to Pettah market – the hustle and bustle of the market was overwhelming and we quickly got absorbed into the haggling techniques needed when you're bright blonde and white and definitely can't blend in!

*It was so nice to wander and buy the remaining gifts, birthday presents, christmas presents and family presents we had left on our lists (Beth having the biggest family I have ever heard of heehee!) 

*Getting into the spirit of haggling we got used to halving what they quoted us and working our way up from there!

*We went into an amazing sari shop and had so much fun trying on the saris and having them pleated on us - although they were so expensive I could never justify spending that much - not very practical to run for the bus in central London! The beading was beautiful and we were allowed to take pictures of each other dolled up!

* We then caught a tuc tuc back, had a quick lunch, and then made our way to meet the girls at the Cinnamon Grand (directed by my strange ability to memorise routes from shops we found it straight away - whoo!)