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  • Day 106

    Galle to Jetwing Yala

    October 15, 2019 in Sri Lanka ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    So for all of you still reading this page at day 106 I am v v sorry. The next 5 days are going to be v annoying and probably cringeworthy.
    Today we started with an unexpected free breakfast at our accommodation.
    We then walked to the large supermarket so we could get cheap food and water for the next 5 days so we didn’t have to pay hotel prices!
    It was then our first experience with “PickMe”- an app like Uber through which we booked a car and driver to take us the 3.5 hours to Jetwing Yala.
    Amila turned up early and at an agreed price of $90 we piled our luggage and supplies into his tiny car and off we set just before the agreed 10.30am.
    1.50pm we arrived to the next 5 days of total luxury and doing nothing at Jetwing Yala - our hotel on the edge of Yala National Park and right on the beach. It exceeded expectations and needs a post of its own!
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