Indra Regent Hotel - Colombo, Sri Lanka
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T20 Finals Day!
... bat. The Aussies had a very good innings and we were afraid the total might be just too high to chase and, sadly, it was. Our ladies fell just four runs short of the required runs which was a great pity but congratulations to the Australian ladies who did a great job. Our captain, Charlotte Edwards, was awarded the player of the tournament award so hopefully that was some consolation.
By now the stadium was filling up in readiness for the ...
Day 32 - Crawling to Colombo
... was awesome, big and long and soft soft sand, with the Indian Ocean rolling, rolling in. All the way from Africa I suppose. We had a lovely meal on the beach with a cold Lion beer (of course!) or two. Then we were entertained by 2 or 3 little squirrels. They got really active while we were eating, turns out they have a fetish for French fires, and we both had some on our plate.....they got very bold and I thought one was going to jump right on to my chair or the table. I ...
Tuk-tuks and Train Rides
... at least once in my itinerary; especially more so after seeing pictures of rail adventures in India and Sri Lanka where passengers scramble for seats and ride on train rooftops. Well, I didn't see any of the rooftop scene, but scramble we did when we took the train out of Hatton to Nuwara Eliya. The local train was already crowded by the time we boarded, so we ended up perching precariously on the cold steel floor by ...
Decisions, decisions...
... of visiting). So despite everything I think I’ve changed my plans and I’m going to extend my visa in Sri Lanka for another two months and go direct to China, it’s funny once you’ve made a decision everything seems to fall into place.
I met a lovely young guy Reza at the hostel, he’s from Iran (although brought up in Sweden) and before I know it we’ve headed off down the beach together where he heads ...
Montezumas Rache
... Vorräte von seiner Tante (eine Apothekerin) selbst fast aufgebraucht...
Magen und Darm kommen langsam wieder ins Gleichgewicht, lassen sogar ein Frühstück zu. Dazu gibt es Rundreise-Tipps von Nishan, dem freundlichen Inhaber des Hauses. Wir fahren gedanklich Routen ab und beschließen "wie die Einheimischen" zu reisen: die "Klimaanlagen" haben schlichtweg eine Klinke und Beinfreiheit ein Privileg für das Geschöpf hinterm Steuer.
Der abendliche Spaziergang ...