Ocean View Hotel Wadduwa
Molligodawatte Wadduwa, Sri Lanka
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Negombo
We have arrived at Sri lanka national airport with no transport and no accomodation and lucky for us it was raining as well!! Anyway, once we had doged the 1000 taxi drivers waiting in arrivals we picked up our first Tut Tut - three wheel rickshaw/taxi. Our senses overloaded, trying to take everything in and negoatiate a good price. We ended up …
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You want Tuk-Tuk sir?
... power steering. When I offered to drive, he surprisingly said yes and the next 2 hours I was behind the wheel of the old landrover while he was spotting the animals. Judging by the looks (and gestures) from the drivers from other vehicles this is not a normal procedure.... But I very much enjoyed it though! After a quick fight with monkeys (we pulled over for a break, decided to feed a monkey a banana, 60 family members turn up, steel my bag of bananas, driver hits them ...
Game on in Colombo
... off, and he took his job very seriously! He was constantly on the prowl but didn't mind if you stopped for a second to check out the slingshot or snap a picture. Everyone was friendly, and even if it took 3-4 orders to finally get a coffee or a Lion Lager you couldn’t help but smile at the staff. It was a very different accommodation experience from the last 7 months!
The first day in Colombo, Andy I spent our morning at the TV ...
Indulging in Sri Lanka
... laid my tastebuds on. Rice and curry is a staple -- usually it involves a big plate with a mound of rice and 4 or 5 different scoops of various curried dishes. Sri Lankans are also big on cooking with coconut milk, making most dishes mildly milky-sweet to detract from the otherwise constant fiery burn going on. Though the heat is intense, it is easy to take the edge off by eating yoghurt or in Ben and my case, lots and lots of ice cream.
But back to the Pizza Hut. ...
Colombo, Cultural Triangle, Kandy and Hatton
... world record while we were there with 4 wickets. It was awesome, made awesomer by his bleach blond hair. Our observations of the game: DO NOT show up on timeline we foolishly did. It is an 8 hour game, minimum Expect to drink heavily (which we didn't but we were minorities in that-90 degrees + Irish skin does not make for all day cricket drinking) Google or figure out the rules or you will be utterly lost Buy the cheap seats-far more fun Thanks to Zain and Alan ...



