Polannaruwa

A slightly more leisurely start, going for breakfast at 7am, which wasn’t ready. Eventually they put it out and we were able to get ready for our day trip.

We went to wait for our driver a little early but no one identified themselves. Shortly after 8am, the designated time, a guy got out of a car that had been there the whole time and asked if we were going to Polannaruwa. We hopped in to the first AC in days.

The journey took about an hour and our first stop was the museum to buy the entrance ticket. The driver then took us around the various ancient ruins and we hopped in and out of the car, and our shoes, visiting them.

After about 5 hours we started to head back. On the way we saw a wild elephant 🐘 at the side of the road. The driver dropped us in the village so we could get some lunch.

After lunch we went to the shop and got some food for dinner then walked back to the hotel.

When we got back in the room we found that the minor ant problem this morning was now a full scale termite issue, including an inch high tower.

Just after the termite issue was temporarily dealt with the guy turned up asking to clean the room. Whilst he was doing this, we let him know the AC wasn’t working either and he had a go at fixing that.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing in a cold 🥶 room and had our dinner in as well.Läs mer