It's my third day in Sri Lanka and I'm still waking up at 4 am.  The only good thing about that is our 5:30 am meeting time (which I would normally hate) didn't seem so bad.  The early morning was because we were hiking Horton Plains National Park and if you don't finish early enough, the cloud cover will ensure that you see nothing, and if you're hiking 6 miles, you definitely want to be able to enjoy the views.

I never thought that I was a group tour person. I imagined being crammed on a big bus with a bunch of people that I had nothing in common with, spending hours driving around and stopping at sites just long enough to snap a picture. Definitely not my idea of fun!