Colombo to Colombo

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 34 40 1)>On an island shaped like a tear-drop there lay a contrast of idyllic beaches wild jungles scorched plains wetland oases tropical rainforests and rugged mountains. A place with a culture diverse and steeped in complexities - attached to a history both rich and turbulent. Sri Lanka a country that draws upon the curious senses for many a traveller and one that so beckoned for an unashamedly sweaty bicycle adventure. And with all 25 districts up for debate and an imprecise yet Doughty plan to start and finish in the country's vibrant capital of Colombo the spontaneity and uncertainties of the road ahead were all but set.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 34 40 1)>With a haphazard and quixotic blend of thoroughbred waggishness full-time daydreamer and part-time wheeled nomad Daniel Doughty returns to the saddle in </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 34 40 1)>Colombo to Colombo: A Cycling Adventure Around Sri Lanka. </em></p>