Rain in Colombo

Sitting in an internet cafe in Colombo, bored. It's pouring down outside. Had to go in here early to sort out some visa business, and am now waiting for Amy, Violeta, Robbie and Mark to come in from Maharagama so we can take the local bus to Ella for the weekend. 6 hours, will be an experience for sure. Probably similar to the 10 hr one me and Robbie took from Arugam Bay to Colombo the day before the projects started.

Ella is a small town, but it's supposed to be incredibly beautiful, with amazing treks around the village filled with water falls, temples and mountains, cheap massage and spa places, renting of motor bikes, and a reggae bar with cold beer. Hopefully we will end up in a place like this:

And the word on the street is that Monday and Tuesday are bank holidays, so we might have them off. In that case we'll probably head down to the beach or a national park to see some leopards.

Rain has stopped now, need to go to the bus stop. As you were