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  • Day 11

    It's a rest day

    March 12, 2019 in Sri Lanka ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

    We spent the shortest time ever in the hotel yesterday, around 12 hours from check in to departure! The waiter was very chatty and was keen to talk about recent air disasters, not ideal with our long return flight fast looming 😬
    Today was the first of two rest days. We arrived at the hotel around midday, had an orientation wander around the grounds and down onto the beach, before having lunch at the hotel restaurant. The rest of the afternoon was spent lounging round and in the pool and then for a walk in the surf along the long beach in front of the hotel. The waves are very strong and so none of us had the courage to go into the sea, other than to paddle! Maybe tomorrow might be better for sea swimming!
    This evening we left the hotel to walk all of 250m to seafood restaurant, highly rated on Tripadvisor. It was a tiny, family run restaurant with only 3 or 4 tables and we were lucky we arrived when we did or we’d have been out of luck!
    Having placed our order, the young lad shot off on his motorbike, shortly to return with the ingredients for our dinner! Unfortunately for him, by the time he got back, another couple had arrived and so he was soon dispatched again 😊
    The food was delicious, Julie and I had a plate of prawns and Andrew and Dave had fish; all very fresh 😀
    We have another rest day tomorrow, so must make sure my kindle is fully charged ☀️
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