Friday in Colombo

Arrived safely in Colombo. Very smooth journey with Sri Lankan Airlines. Food was good although we weren't really hungry. Slept a lot then woke up to see huge seiff dunes below us in Oman.

Taxi was waiting for us at the airport and it turned out to be some sort of festival holiday so the journey into the city was rapid due to lack of traffic.

Had a lot of trouble with the phone until I remembered it will only log on to a mobile network after resetting. Taking the battery out and replacing it did the trick, although it now is an hour wrong and thinks it is January 1st 2012. I can live with that.


Later walked to Galle Face Green, a piece of grassland by the sea that comes alive after dark with thousands of people promenading, eating seafood from hundreds of illuminated stalls, with children flying kites overhead by the light of the stalls and the moonlight. The temperature was about 30 degrees C and there were lots of locals paddling in the sea.

 Walked about a mile back to our very comfortable hotel, the Cinnamon Red, and the room with spectacular views on the 14th floor.