Day 4 - Whoa there, slow down!

20:40
I don’t have the very best sleep. Long enough, but restless. Yesterday was a pretty boozy day, so will take things a touch easier today.

Shenda and I head over to our local, Sands Beach, for a coffee while Vicki and Si slumber on. We spend a wonderful hour putting the world to rights, and drinking perhaps one more cup of coffee than is absolutely necessary. Our coffee was served in a massive pot, and uses local coffee grounds. It’s really tasty. Some light floral and fruit notes.

Vicki and Simon are alive by 10:30, and we head out for a late breakfast. I have my first kottu roti of the trip, and it’s a banger. This dish is a smasher - chopped roti bread, mixed with vegetables, sometimes with the addition of meat or cheese, and fried hard on a flat-top plancha. The flavour profile is along the lines of a Chinese style fried rice. V v tasty. It’s also sizeable. That, combined with a big bottle of Lion sends me back to bed for some extra zizz. Vicki claims she’s not tired, and is going to read on the balcony, so I’m a little surprised when I wake from my nap to find her snoozing next to me.

We get ourselves up, and head out for a walk, all the way down to the West end of the beach. It’s a little busier down here on the beach, and quite a lot of the shore has eroded away. We grab a drink at a beautiful little courtyard bar called The Social. I have a cucumber, pineapple and mint cooler, which is super-refreshing.

We organise ourselves with S+S to head out for dinner, and decide to hit up a very well reviewed Mexican place. It’s super busy when we arrive, but the team kindly sort us out a table. It’s Taco Tuesday, and their tacos are on a cheap deal. It also explains why it’s quite so busy. The tacos are excellent. Vicki and I both have 1 x birria beef, 1 x pork pibil, and 1 x Baja fish. The beef is probably the standout, but all are excellent. Shenda’s particularly excited that they have a good selection of veggie options.

After dinner, we have a little wander around the streets of Unawatuna. This is largely in aid of Vicki’s step count, but it allows us to mooch around a few new bars and restaurants along the way. We eventually loop our way back towards our accommodation. There’s a ‘techno’ party at Sands Beach this evening, which we thought we’d go and check out. Unhappily, I start to experience some gallbladder discomfort. I don’t *think* it’s gonna turn into a full on episode, but I can’t be sure. I err on the side of caution, and head back to our room to rest up. Honestly, I’ll be glad when the little fucker’s removed in March…

23:00
This just in from our intrepid field reporter, Vicki:

1) The ‘techno’ party was not a techno party. Music largely consisted of house music covers of pop songs
2) Cheeky buggers had raised the drinks prices quite substantially for the party
3) There were about 5 people in attendance. Not a heaps big rave.Okumaya devam et