First impressions of Sri Lanka are good, as our tour manager said "you will notice everything is nicer than India here". The roads are good, everywhere is cleaner, and we no longer have continuous horn blowing when on the roads.
Our first hotel (last night) was a bungalow with bedroom, bathroom and sitting room, and a lovely porch, loads of space - I nearly lost Ian. Pity we weren't there long enough to enjoy it all.
Up early this morning as we had an early start. We set off at 7:30 to go to Muthurajawela Nature Reserve, a protected wetland, where we took a one and a half hour boat trip along the canal (Dutch built) and into a lagoon. Didn't see monkeys and crocodiles but did see birds, it was a nice sunny morning.
We continued on and made our lunch stop at a place near the beach, then had a little walk, Ian had a paddle and said the water in the Indian Ocean was very warm.
We carried on to our hotel near Anuradhapura, which is in a beautiful setting. Gardens and trees everywhere, bungalows again with a sitting area in the bedroom this time. Free wifi in the lobby or bar two nights in a row, this is a bonus. We mostly had to pay in India, where they claim to be an up and coming IT place but the wifi was never cheap.
We are now having some rain and thunder, apparently this can happen late afternoon. God job they provide umbrellas so we can get to the restaurant (via the garden) for dinner. I wonder what Sri Lankan food will be like.
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