Colombo.
Unfortunately, our itinerary required us to stay our very last night in Sri Lanka in Colombo. We had been dreading this portion of the trip after hearing about our friends’ experiences there. The touts were aggressive, the hotel (that we had also booked) was dirty, there’s nothing to see… etc.
When we boarded the train to Colombo, our expectations were pretty low.
Turns out, it wasn’t so bad. Our hotel room was the nicest one yet (hot water, water pressure, clean linens, mini fridge, flat screen, AC), and the touts more or less left us alone. We relaxed in our room (watching bad tv) until check out. Then we visited Paradise Road (our friends’ recommendation) for a bit of shopping and a very expensive (but delicious) lunch.
Unfortunately, we were swindled by our driver as we were dropped off at the airport. But why let that ruin an amazing trip?
xo, jill
Jill, as always, love all of your photos and stories from this trip! I am so anxious to go on an adventure now.