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Over the Hills and Back Again
... built! The Tea Leaf,
or something. Anyway we had rice and curry...Helen went for prawn, being
sophisticated. The Ramboda Falls were visible, very spectacular.
As we hit the main freeway between Kandy and Colombo, all
hell broke loose. Firstly the number of cars and mad drivers seemed to increase
exponentially, and then about half way there we drove into a car wash. The rain
could be seen down the street, starting like a big curtain. It was ...
Sri Lanka - Negombo
... off and left for home. We stayed until the end and watched England take the win without much effort and decided to take a taxi back home although we didn't make it all of the way as the taxi driver decided he wanted more money so we had to get a tuk-tuk to finish the journey off.
The second game we watched was England vs India. We had travelled in with 3 English guys who were working and living in India for this game so we didn't have to worry ...
Final summary
It's been almost 5 months since I returned from Sri Lanka… and whilst browsing potential holiday destinations I realised I hadn’t even written my final summary post from the trip. So despite trying to block it all out and let the dust settle after my not so great experience… here’s the final verdict:
Sri Lanka is slowly developing and I guess that is part of the reason for ...
Visa Visa
... upon Laksala. A store selling all kinds of Sri Lankan handicrafts. We spent some time looking around there before we walked to the train station. We bought our tickets which were $0.40 each and saw that we had a little time before our train. So we went into the little cafe stand at the train station and bought a few fried treats to hold us over until we got back to Negombo and could eat dinner. Soon we saw a train pull into the station. We checked that it was ...
Final Stop in Sri Lanka
... you be coming to this area, try to book two months or more in advance to have a good shot at a room.
A jeweller engaged us in friendly banter and offered to change US currency at 110 Rs/$, even for small amounts like $20. This was a good rate and the information was filed for future needs. After getting stuck with extra Indian currency, we wanted to play funds close to the line here. The hotel would accept Visa so we ate and drank there more than ...