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City Life in Sri Lanka
Before our departure from Owinka we were each presented with a photo montage of our time there. It was such an unexpected gift but shows the typical kindness we have come to see is second nature to the Sri Lankan people.
We head towards Colombo, our final destination on this tour.
Colombo is the current commercial capital of Sri …
Not a good start....
... leaves me to pay the fare. I knew that you never get in a taxi or tuk-tuk without establishing a price but did not do so as I thought the cook would be the negotiator, blah blah. They are a team and I'm stuck with the price the driver quotes. I went back to the hotel in a sulk and admitted to Carmen in great shame that I was ripped off. I was only consoled by meeting a person the next day that had the same ...
Day 32 - Crawling to Colombo
... other, Tuk Tuks, impatient car drivers and pedestrians, all the way to Colombo. We declined Guyan's offer to stop to eat, thinking that after he dropped us off he then had another 2.5 hour drive to Galle. Upon reflection we probably should have had something to eat, it was going to be a while before we did again ! Luckily I still had half a packet of "Munchie" bran biscuits (very nice too!) left from the day before so that sustained the three of us until Colombo. The last hour ...
Decisions, decisions...
My plan was to return to Colombo to get my Indian visa for my flight out to Chennai, so I jumped the local bus back to Colombo which takes around 5/6 hours. The route takes you past miles and miles of stunning golden beaches and palm trees and with my window seat I enjoy the wind blowing through my hair, the taste of salt in the air and all the locals kind of laughing, thinking I look funny with a stupid big grin on my face! Ahh it’s the life ...
Christmas card making
... have to go to a lot of trouble, just bring a few things from home that can easily be stuffed into you bag (where I found them was stuffyourrucksack.com), and given to such a worthwhile cause.
Contact details for Shilpa are: shilpatr@sltnet.lk, telephone: +94 1534 4613
I'm off to the hill country next so rainy and cold weather no doubt...
PS Happy birthday mum for Tuesday ...
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- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Restaurant
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