Colombo

I arrived early afternoon at Colombo International airport, after a comfortable Emirates flight from Birmingham, via Dubai. I was expecting a long wait to get through immigration, as all I had was an email confirming I had been granted an E-Visa, but no, straight through with a new stamp added to my passport!

I changed over some money at the Exchange counters at the entrance to the airport, not a bad rate, but I only changed over £100 to see me through the first few days. It was then out into the hot sun of Colombo. Just outside the airport grounds I found the buses. A bus was there waiting to depart in 40 minutes to Colombo city. \the transfer took about 1 hour and only cost 450 Rupees. I was dropped off at the main bus station in Colombo and then caught a Tuk Tuk to my Air BnB about 10km away.

It was now late afternoon, and It was extremely hot and sticky up in the high 30's. I found the place ok, and checked in. All was fine apart from one thing I had overlooked, there was no air conditioning.! The ceiling fan just moved around the hot air and it looked like we were in for a HOT night.

after a cold shower I headed out to the local shops and restaurants to get some dinner and have a look around. It was a very local area, with no tourists around. I found a decent place and got stuck into a Biriyani and Roti.

We arranged a Tuk Tuk with the owner to show us a few local sights and then take us back into the city centre afterwards. we picked up some breakfast on the way, comprising of a variety of Samosas and fried fish parcels. Very filling, HOT and cheap! All this came to about 300 Rupees.

                                                             

Kandy

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Ella