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Sri Lanka - Negombo
... train journey that when we had been in Arugan Bay, he had gone into the local town to the cash point and people had been shouting rude things to him and spitting at him.
Negombo was a little different to where we'd been before in Sri Lanka and it was definitely a lot more touristy with several English bars and western run restaurants. There were several resort hotels in the area so the locals were more used to tourists. I'm sure you are thinking ...
Sri Lankan Surprise
... the primary religion is Buddhist. Anyway I rolled out of bed in KL at 2am and into unknown waters as all I knew of Sri Lanka was bits I got from other travellers, information from forums on the net and I did some browsing of PDF versions of guidebooks (thanks Darkey).
The trip over was fatiguing. I boarded the bus at the KL airport at 3am, arrived at 4 and took off at 615. Getting up in the middle of the night ...
Have you ever seen a Mongoose? I have.
... housed some very well preserved ancient art and had an amazing view from the top. We noticed other tourists at the top jumping whilst taking photographs so we thought we would have a go too! Other than that we saw lots of ruins, a few monkeys (one of which tried to steal my ice cream), spotted a monitor lizard and even saw a mongoose too!
We headed back to negombo, or should I say were chauffeur driven back ...
Negombo – Goodbye Sri Lanka
... bus drivers, is good. The people are generally friendly and their command of English is very good. Accommodation, beaches and scenery are all of a high standard and while we have had some exceptional meals, the food is generally one dimensional due to their use of chillies, rather than the delicate mix of spices that is found in Indian food. The one downside to Sri Lanka is the number of beggars. We had expected this in ...
Livin' in Luxury!
We arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka! A short 2 hour flight from the Andamans back to Chennai, followed by a 5 hour layover then a 1 hour flight Chennai-Colombo. And we've made it! Country #22 for me and #24 for Liz! Insane! We cleared through immigration with no problems and gathered our bags (haven't lost a bag yet--knock on wood!) We were greeted at "Arrivals" by the Gomes' family's driver (well, one of their drivers...it appears ...
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- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Kids activities or Babysitting
- Kitchenette
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