Staying at the Trans Asia Hotel. Soooo nice to have carpet between my toes again! Its a 5 star hotel and simple luxury for us after our hosteling adventures. Lots of palm trees, dust, smog and curious Sri Lankans. Its averaging 28-33 degrees everyday but as its quite polluted here the heat is more of a worry than the sun. Met up with our friends Lee and Iranga who just got married. Friends we used to work with are also here on holiday so more people to get drunk with!
Spent the first day sleeping. Second day, ventured down to laundrey to get my stuff sorted for oz. Wish I hadn't when the guy at the counter proceeded to empty my bag and sort through my pink panther thongs on the front desk!
That afternoon we decided to go for a stroll. No sooner had we left the hotel (i must add here, no-one walks in Sri Lanka especially not foriegners, so the hotel staff thought we were mad when we asked them for directions to the shops and bank) we were approached by a lovely local who said he worked at our hotel and was on his way to a hindu ceremony that we should not miss. So we willingly got into a tuck tuck (a three wheel taxi with motorbike controls, no seat belts and no doors) and ended up on a very scenic route to this ceremony. Well long story short, he didn't work for the hotel and he wanted paying for his time. We were done up like a couple of curried kippers! Much to the amusement of our friends and Sri Lankan allies. Simon and I are recovering slowly and have vowed not to fall into any asian antics again! Not easy though, as soon as you leave the hotel or any western refuge you're hounded by the tuck tuck brigade. There are some really nice locals though. The hotel and shop staff can't help you enough and I spoke to really nice girl in the street who was more than pleased to meet a couple of lost lemons from the UK.
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