On Wednesday, we travelled into Colombo for the day. Let's just say it's hectic! The city is crammed full of thousands of vehicles in traffic jams, and it's heavily polluted.
A early night for us as we need to run the gauntlet of the early morning rush hour into Colombo tomorrow. Next destination is hill country.
Colombo doesn't really have many notable landmarks apart from Pettah Market, the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque, and the Gangarama Temple. Many people skip visiting the city. But we decided to go even though we knew it wouldn't be the highlight of our trip.
Unlike other Asian cities, there isn't the metro infrastructure to make navigating around easy. You're at the mercy of the tuk-tuk drivers—one wanted to charge us up to five times the price to take us a few minutes down the road to a temple! We did, however find one with a meter that charged us the right price. But then he didn't have any change! 😂
On the plus side, pre-booked taxis are dirt cheap. "Pick Me" (which is not a dating app) is our Uber equivalent. The journey to Colombo took just about 45 minutes and cost a tiny £6.
We've noticed how super friendly the Sri Lankan people are. They always smile and say hello. All signs and menus are in English, so there's no issue with getting lost or not understanding.
After a full on city day it was time to relax around the pool and read.
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