Hotel Moon Beam Hikkaduwa

... suis ballade un peu dans la nouvelle ville mais pas terrible et une chaleur etouffante, on va pas se plaindre. Retour en bus local encore pour 15 roupies, ca depend des compagnies pour le prix.
Me change et direction la plage, en chemin m'arrete manger un roti tomates ail et fromage ( sorte de crepe pliee en 4) et un jus de banane frais. Il se met a pleuvoir un peu, donc vais sur internet uploader quelques photos sur msn.
Puis vais au Hard Rock manger un tres bon ...

... der Kommisar was around, only to slip back into the shade when the "boss" was not working. Rickshaw man was a bit miffed about this, as he will take a drink only when the job is over, the day is done, as a reward for his hard labor, as it should be, while drunken man got the same pay. A little resentment, therefore is perfectly understandable in a man who focuses on the job, the task at hand, and rewards himself only when the work is done. Honesty. Ranjeet, the shop owner down the ...

... potatoes, okra, and all kind of other veggies for the side. It was then on to the pier to get some fish. Funny thing about the fish market, it is certainly open all day, but as we found out soon enough, it only has fish when a boat comes in, and most boats hold their catch until early in the morning when the market area bustles with restaurant and guesthouse owners vying for the best quality and lowest price for tuna, bonito, snapper, ocean perch, prawns ...

The train journey down to Hikkiduwa beach was the second highlight after my first taste of hoppers. The railway grips the Indian Ocean coastline all the way down to the South coast and the track is raised so you can look over the houses - one or two deep - straight out into the sea. We ended up doing this journey four times, and each was magical. Sat in the doorway, feet hanging out, tunes on, beach so close that ...

... the stress of India... however we did have rain and the most fantastic storms for the first few days so didn't always get to lounge on the beach plus it's absoultuely red hot so not always possible to sun bathe. We are staying here for 4 nights in total- our longest stop! We have a beautiful lodge with it's own veranda that leads to a large garden with hammocks and then directly to the beach! Perfect! The south west coast of Sri Lanka was one of the worst ...

... after my first dive, we saw some long skinny fish dancing across the surface of the water. It would kind of bounce on its belly a few times, then stand erect and do some sort of shimmy thing then bounce again. It must have done this for 300m. I think I'd rather not know what was chasing it! Under water is an incredible world ... I could spend hours describing the rich colors ...

We arrived at Colombo airport at 22.30 -- 30 minutes ahead of schedule despite being on a maximum security flight due to the presence of some Tamil Hindis returning from a Hindu festival in India that weekend. We were searched on our way to the plane and had to identify our bags between checking them in and boarding. It was all quite intimidating, especially given the constant talk about the state of unrest in Sri Lanka and the fighting in the North ...

... Now it is so hot here we dived into an internet cafe to cool down. We will explore Galle in an hour or so. 21/9/06 Galle was really nice once we had a look around. It has been owned by the Portugese, the Dutch and the Brits. The Dutch buit a huge fort around it that still stands today and it takes 90 mins to walk around. We went around it at sunset - the best time because of the weather and it was a really nice evening. Also the bus back was pretty quick and ...

Unawatuna is a small seaside village on the south west coast of Sri Lanka. It has a lovely sandy beach, fringed by palm trees and beach cafe's. It was very backpackery but provided a welcome break after my more intense experience in Galle. I was fortunate to have a whole cabanna (beach bungalow) for a very reasonable price. The guesthouse owner has rebuilt some of his property, but is still trying to finance the ...

... pray to our gods" he said, rolling his eyes to the sky and laughing loudly. -- The plan Not feeling too comfortable with the trek up north to the rebel stronghold, we agreed to start the 6 day journey through Sri Lanka Friday. First Affan would have to go to his Muslim friend's wedding. Affan promised to lend me a white shirt and tie so that I could attend the wedding with him and his wife Uma. Then we'll head off for a safari in Yala National Park then up to Adam's peak ...