Ah what a splendid day! We mostly did bugger-all, which is sometimes what a holiday is about. Our sleep last night was marred by paper thin walls and noisy people next door. Julie knocked on their door at 5am to ask the to please talk quietly, then it was just the traffic and bird noises to keep us awake. At some time they left, but didn’t switch off their electronic alarm clock, and that bugger woke us up again. So we wuz a bit grumpy at breakfast time.We spent the morning by the pool reading and figuring out how to get to our next destinations. At 12 our new friend Nihal came round in his tuk tuk and drove us to his home for lunch. We met his wife, two daughters, son in law and grand daughter. He had cooked us rice and curry, which was very tasty, and we washed it down with some beer that we had bought. Nihal had worked for a government owned hotel chain, but the government sold it off and he became a tuk tuk driver. He was clearly a very happily married man and content with his life.
After lunch we walked into Dambulla town. It is a bustling place with a huge fruit and veg market and a great variety of stalls and shops. There are very few shops as we would recognise them, but lots of commercial activity. We were looking for a nice air conditioned cafe where we could while away some time on the internet. No chance of that at all, so we settled for a cool courtyard and sipped a lovely ginger beer.
Back at the Amarantha we met a lovely Danish lady called Maria who works for Vestas, a big company that makes windmills.
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