Colombo

Arrived at Colombo airport about 11.40pm.last night. Got through to Immigration fairly quickly but they couldn't find any record of our completed online passenger arrival cards so we had to manually fill in another one and join the end of the now lengthy queue. By the time we got some Sri Lankan currency, found our tour guide and other 7 passengers and got on our bus it was almost 1am or 5am Darwin time. Another hour later we had dropped off 5 passengers at their 4 star hotel and the 2 Helens, Ruth and I were at our hotel. Checking in took a little while and eventually they found my name so I signed for the other 3. In spite of Ruth asking if we had 2 beds, there was only 1 (large) bed when we got there so finally swapped with Darwin Helen, had a cold shower and flopped into bed at last. Our room overlooks the ocean, the road and the railway line but thankfully isn't noisy. The trains full of commuters coming into the city kept us amused for a while this morning before we were picked up around 10am for a city tour including "icons, monuments and a temple". We're looking forward to moving on tomorrow.Read more