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England Ladies, your chance for glory!
... exit on the lower level, only to found as the crowd approached that the gates were locked and there was no way out which was quite scary with a crush pushing us towards it. We could see people bending down at either side of the gate and squeezing one at a time into what looked like a little tunnel or gap underneath the side. We were being pushed towards it and almost thought to try to go through but claustrophobia kicked in on my part and I ...
R&R and being taken care of!
... some spring rolls. The main courses were insanely big and we wasted so much food. The highlight of the meal was Billy (who seemed even more irritated by spice than me and takes the some opinion “I don’t understand people liking the feeling of their lips burning”) trying the Singapore chilli chicken – being someone who was relatively red from sun burn already, he went RED and could barely talk or function for a good few minutes. Even Nick ...
Day 32 - Crawling to Colombo
... indeed, and we had an awesome feed of seafood and a couple of Sri Lanka's finest to settle us back down to earth after the Burke and Wills expedition to get here through the traffic. Top feed, a bit expensive, but you would expect that at a gaff like this one eh. On the way back from our feed and before heading out to search for a quickie mart, we met a very nice staff member who has tuned a beautiful routine to nab the tourists; "where are you from.....oh I collect notes and ...
Tuk tuks everywhere
... a little tamer here than in India where it gets a bit hairy around corners.
There doesn't seem to be a huge amount in the capital to see or do after dark. Oddly a large part of the centre (Pettah area) near the clock tower, or lighthouse as it once was (although seems a little far form the shore!) was barracaded off. When wandering about inside it was difficult to get out with all the military restrictions. After several blockages ...
Schreck Lanka
... Stopps nicht gemacht werden. Daraufhin sind beide ziemlich böse auf uns, und bringen uns zum Hafen zurück. Auf einmal sind dann Ilona und Elli weg. Später erfahren wir, dass der Fahrer sie erpressen wollte: wenn er sie zu uns fährt kriegt er mehr Geld. Wir treffen uns dann wieder und es kommt zur Geldübergabe. Die zwei Männer verlangen einen Aufschlag und zeigen auf die Polizei; wenn wir nicht zahlen werden die gerufen. Toni und ich verhandeln noch weiter, aber ...
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