Day 2- 6 More months of this...
Only 4 hours sleep but decided had to get up and try and shift the jet lag!
I met a German guy at the hostel called Guido and we decided that, as he had just arrived too that we would go and explore the city and beach! We headed first to the popular Mt lavina beach which was beautiful!
The sea was warm and the beach stretched on for miles, but it was too hot and humid we had to have a beer! There are a few local beers in Sri Lanka, Lion and three coins both are great but for less than £1 for a big bottle you really can't complain!
We had a few lion beers whilst watching a group of about 20 Locals drinking bottles of rum and whiskey and dancing to some fairly good remixes of European music with some local songs too.
The owner of the bar had been a solider during the war with the Tamil Tigers. He had lost his finger after it was shot off!
After lunch we thought we could walk to the city but after getting really burnt on the beach we took a Tuk Tuk. This was the first time since my trip to India I had been back in a Tuk Tuk, and I loved it but I wish I could drive! I think I am a better driver. These Sri Lankan drivers don't know where anything is!!
We made plans to travel to Kandy in the morning, looks like the 2 of us will be traveling around together.
We met another Germany guy who only had a few days but he decided to come with us too! So we decided to spend the night back at the hostel eating curry and drinking red rum and beer with another group of backpackers! Amazing!!
Another 6 months of this to go!