{"id":1405,"date":"2016-11-14T03:29:08","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T03:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/?p=1405"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:42:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:42:52","slug":"the-eagle-has-landed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/the-eagle-has-landed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagle has Landed!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I left my house at 6:45 on Saturday\u00a0morning and caught a coach to Heathrow airport, after an 11 hour flight I arrived in Colombo. As I walked out of the airport the humidity hit me, even at 5:30 in the morning!I waited in a nearby hotel for 3 other girls to arrive then we set off on a 4 hour trip up to Anuradhapura.<br \/>\nWe arrived at the Work the World House to be greeted by the staff team and one girl who had already be staying there a week by herself.<br \/>\nWe had a house tour, briefing and evening meal. Time now to catch up on some sleep and prepare for what lies ahead tomorrow!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1406\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2016\/11\/IMG_4002-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"Bus Ride\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2016\/11\/IMG_4002-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2016\/11\/IMG_4002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/globetrotters\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/281\/2016\/11\/IMG_4002-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I left my house at 6:45 on Saturday\u00a0morning and caught a coach to Heathrow airport, after an 11 hour flight I arrived in Colombo. 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