Anuradhapura to Negombo

Anuradhapura, 8:30am

I comfortably slept for ten hours just before waking up wioth a terrible nightmare.I dreamed I tested positive of Covid and I had to miss Christmas at home. Once awake it even took me a while to realize everything was just a dream.

I 've had a poor breakfast at Andorra. I've had though an interesting chat with the manager about Sri Lankan policies towards China. He was quite pessimistic. I'm gonna pack everything and head to Negombo, where I plan to chill out until my flight departs tomorrow night,

Negombo, 5:20pm

The bus ride to Negombo was arduous. The local bus to Colombo was quite full but I was lucky to seat again in the first row. Just before starting the journey I hurried to buy some deep-fried snacks. I met a couple of helpful people, but the 5 hours-long trip was a real experience. I suffered for my life trully. Instead of a driver and a conductor there was a group of four youngsters that kept changing their roles. The main driver was in his twenties and was an absolute dickhead. His agressive way of driving was far beyond Sri Lankan standards. Even the locals complained, both passengers of our bus and other drivers. I think he literally spent more time on the other way lane of the road than on ours. He seemed not to care at all about other drivers ans behaved as he was in a highway instead of a road.

After that long, hot nightmare I hopped off in Negombo and took a tuk-tuk to Palms Villa. This little boutique hotel has a beautiful garden with a swimming pool with a hammock where I plan to spend the rest of the afternoon reading my book. By the way, Jasmine (the Swiss girl I met in the cooking class in Ella) is also staying here.Baca selengkapnya