Another summer holiday provided the opportunity for another family adventure for our Tribe, with one very special new addition, making this our first trip as a family of five! After some deliberation we opted for a Singapore and Thailand combo which felt like the perfect balance to keep all parties, now inclusive of a 2-month-old baby, happy. This entry is all about our action-packed 3 day stopover in the ground-breaking 'green' city-state of Singapore, so read on to find out

We reached our penultimate destination after a spectacular 4.5-hour drive which included the famous Daha ata Wanguwa (18 bend road) and eventually wove through tea covered hilltops backed by the mighty Knuckles mountain range. Our accommodation was a luxury tent perched on the side of a mountainous tea estate, about 30km north of Kandy city. The estates main house and restaurant offered alfresco seating areas, adorned with floating flower displays and little fish ponds, and

One of Sri Lanka's lesser visited parks, Gal Oya is a hidden gem with beautiful scenery, excellent and unique animal sightings and a fantastically run, family friendly eco-lodge, with the park on its doorstep. After a 2.5-hour short-cut inspired drive through rice paddies, rich jungle and over some very bumpy roads, we arrived to a warm greeting at our lodge and immediately felt at home. Ten separate and very private wooden huts, with straw thatched roofs and fantastic jungle

After four relaxing days in Nilaveli we headed south for the twin bays of Kalkudah and Passikudah. This was one of our favourite drives as we hugged the coastline, passing tiny fishing villages where silver sheets of anchovies covered rickety table tops, drying in the morning sun. We overtook bullock carts precariously loaded with huge round balls of hay and passed dusty fields where children played cricket next door to herds of buffalo. Despite being neighbours, Passikudah a