Today we woke up at the cheery hour of 3.45am in order to get ourselves to the train station for the 5am train back down the western coast. With only 3 nights left in Sri Lanka we wanted a few more days beach bumming in the beautiful turquoise waters, so headed straight back to Unawatuna.
As we passed through Colombo station we couldn't help but think of the 2 Tamil Tiger planes that had attacked the previous night loaded with c4 - a reminder that we are in a country that is still fighting a civil war 25 years after it started.
When we arrived back in Unawatuna we headed straight for Mala's guesthouse, and were greeted with a huge smile of recognition and welcoming. It didn't take long to dump the bags, break out the togs and jump in the water!
The brief tropical storm that hit in the later afternoon couldn't even keep Adam from the water, but eventually we headed in for shelter in the room, where Mala treated us to a fresh pot of tea and coconut pancakes.
For dinner we returned to the family house we'd enjoyed so much last time, for a feed of delicious curry and rice. It's nice to go back to a place that although is catered for the upmarket traveller, it still has locals who remember backpacker budgets and treat them as something other than an ATM.
Adlibing it at the beach again.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
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