Friday, October 17, 2003
Day 12 in Sri Lanka, Mt Lavinia
Last night we had a nice dinner with Ben and his wife Anna. This was a great way to spend our last night on holiday and we got some great UK tips.
Today we were lucky enough to get a ride to the Anbalangoda bus station from Hikkaduwa. A German couple (also guests at the Curry Bowl) were traveling to visit a friend there and offered us a lift.
Once at the station we hopped on a bus. The system is that the bus leaves once it is full. We waited around 1/2 an hour and then started off for Mt Lavinia.
Along the way we noticed all the 'Anchor' Milk powder advertising covering the dairies. When we mention we are NZer's to locals they are more likely to connect us with Anchor than with the Black Caps or the All Blacks. Near the local school crossings there are big signs to warn drivers that school children use the crossing and they are sponsored by Anchor.
And so now we are back where we started on this Sri Lankan leg of our travels. As Rae said in a recent email "It's time to hang up our traveling shoes" and settle in to London life.
We will continue to update this blog every week. This will ensure we do at least one interesting thing a week and therefore not forget why we are overseas...to do interesting stuff!
Our flight is at 3am on Saturday morning. Aarrgh. I hope we get some sleep on the plane.
Last night we had a nice dinner with Ben and his wife Anna. This was a great way to spend our last night on holiday and we got some great UK tips.
Today we were lucky enough to get a ride to the Anbalangoda bus station from Hikkaduwa. A German couple (also guests at the Curry Bowl) were traveling to visit a friend there and offered us a lift.
Once at the station we hopped on a bus. The system is that the bus leaves once it is full. We waited around 1/2 an hour and then started off for Mt Lavinia.
Along the way we noticed all the 'Anchor' Milk powder advertising covering the dairies. When we mention we are NZer's to locals they are more likely to connect us with Anchor than with the Black Caps or the All Blacks. Near the local school crossings there are big signs to warn drivers that school children use the crossing and they are sponsored by Anchor.
And so now we are back where we started on this Sri Lankan leg of our travels. As Rae said in a recent email "It's time to hang up our traveling shoes" and settle in to London life.
We will continue to update this blog every week. This will ensure we do at least one interesting thing a week and therefore not forget why we are overseas...to do interesting stuff!
Our flight is at 3am on Saturday morning. Aarrgh. I hope we get some sleep on the plane.
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