No, i have NOT been lazy not to log in and write some news, but its more like internet is too lazy to come to me, sort of :)
Ok, so last time, we were leaving India, arrived at Colombo airport and went straight to Negombo for the night, its a nice small fishmen town, sort of peaceful as we didnt want to hit Colombo to start with. So we spent the night there, and went off to Kandy by train the following day. Trains are slightly less hectic than in India, a bit more comfortable, less crowdy depending on the hours, but bloody hot, oh, and cleaner too :)
Arrived in Kandy, with the rain, yep, its the Mansoon there, 2 mansoons a year, soaking wet, still hot though, quite painful. We found a nice guest house, where a nice family holds the place, its like a big home, ‘its your home’ they said. We spent a few days there, visiting the Tooth temple. We then decided to take a driver for 3 days to go round the Golden Triangle above Kandy. Our driver was the ‘daddy’ from our guesthouse family. A very nice guy.
So, we did a few cities in the triangle, Mihintale, Anapurana, Sygiria and a couple more i can’t remember right now, but i’ll fill in the gaps when i get home.
Some very nice historical sites, but mostly destroyed by the time, but they are working on clearing it all up, amd they better be, seeing the cost of that entrance ticket to all those sites hehe, yes, Sri Lanka is very expensive compared to India and Nepal. So then we were back in Kandy, at our guest house, we went to the botanical garden in the afternoon, little shower (rain) as we were leaving it hopefully, and went to see a traditionnal dance and music in the evening. Very nice.
Then we decided we could use a few days on the beach and went down the west coast staying a night or two in a couple places on the way, until we reached Mirissa, a beautiful place, nice beaches, barely anyone around, just what we needed. Though the sun did catch us, and we all caught the sun at some place or another, but its cooling off now ;)
Well now we are in Colombo now, and about to spend a day or two here before going back to India.
Hugs to all
Tony
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