Well, our Sri Lankan adventure has come to an end and what great fun it was! After a total of 12 hours waiting around in airports (don't talk to ME about navel gazing!) Juliette and I finally met up and were swept off to our digs in Negombo. After a few days of chilling on the beach, we took the train inland to the town of Kandy. There were 2 classes on the train; second and third and the difference between the two is the presence of seats in one and the need to hang off the side of the carriage in the other! We got chatting to a guy called Kamal who we eventually spent the rest of the week with as our driver. He first demonstrated his usefulness by helping us to get seats on the train. The technique involves choosing the correct position on the platform, not actually letting the train stop before you leap on board and then physically shoving people out of the way. It's a good job we met him as we shy, retiring English folk aren't used to behaviour like that! The train journey was fantastic. After leaving the suburbs of Colombo we travelled through green, lush countryside. The train track climbed higher and higher until we were looking down into jungle-filled valleys and up to amazing rock formations. We sat next to a mother and her 2 daughters who cheerfully shared their food, as we did ours. A lovely introduction to the friendly locals!
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