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25/1/2014 - After a four hour flight from Singapore we finally arrived in Colombo at 12.45 am. Out of character though it is, we had pre-arranged for a car from the Hotel Shalimar [www.shalimarholidays.lk] to pick us up - just to avoid the combination of jet-lag, Touts & scammers, the time of the morning and the 30 klm drive into Colombo. A good idea I think. And the car was a brand new Toyota Prius - a better bet than the old vans and new Tata Nano micro's on offer. Finally hit the sack who knows when after travelling into town on a flash new road that was completed just before the recent CHOGAM blab-fest.
26/1/2-14 - Our room [206] was clean and quite large with working air-con and a big double bed with a pleasantly firm mattress. This room was on the second 'walk-up' floor and proved to be temporary as we moved to a first floor room [118] later in the day - a similar room, perhaps a bit better but not as good a shower. Also no musty smell in the bathroom as was the case with 206.
The local vehicle options are bus, 3 wheeler Tuk-Tuk, taxi or radio taxi. Apart from the Bus (which we haven't tried yet), all should cost around 50 rupees per kilometre. Beware though because some/most will be talking higher amounts than that - fix the price in advance!
We visited Galle Face Green today and walked the promenade - lots of happy families taking in the quite strong sea breeze. A few hardy types were in the water but it looked quite rough to me.
Had a take-away steamed rice and Dal for Lunch which was very nice and cost 140 Rupees (about $1.28). Back to the Shalimar and fell asleep at about 3.30pm and awoke the next morning at 5.30am. This should have helped clear the jet-lag.
27/1/2014
It's early yet as I write this but later today we will be off by train go to Anuradhapura. Subject go WiFi availability, which is already proving difficult, we will write again from there.
- comments
Allen Great weather by the looks, & glad all is going well. Don't take any wooden rupees. :)
Ken Thanks Allen. Bad news though - lost the eBid Cap today! Still have the shirt though. Insert expletive here.......... .
Allen Graham Kennedy crow call :)