Just to annoy them, we went back the next morning for a breakfast beer. Well, we were kicked out of the Adana after 11 and our train wasn't due until 13:40 so it was either sit on a crowded railway station or . . . "Surprise!", we said. "God, are they ever going to leave?", they thought. The trip to Hikkaduwa was more of the same. I fell through the gap between the carriage and the platform missing a step that was no longer there ("I bloody know! Mind the bloody gap!"). Spent the next hour wringing blood out of my shin. Nearly left Linda on board when I got off with the fighting bags 'cos the isle and doors were so rammed with people and suitcases she couldn't get past them with her backpack against the barbarian hordes pushing to get on. Might rethink my travel plans for the last leg.
In a bad mood I resolutely ignored offers of travel from the station tuk tuk drivers and made Linda walk the kilometer to the hotel in the heat, carrying the bags, because we'd spent two weeks at the Coral Sands four years ago and I knew it wasn't far (!). Nice reception, though, cold towel for washing the grime off and a cold drink. I thought for a minute they were going to usher us in to another, small room and hose is down "for the safety and convenience of our other customers", but happily we were led to a very pretty room with a balcony on the third floor. ("Third floor, again?", my knees mentally told me. "Why do you hate me?"). Anyway, here's a picture of our room for all the romantically inclined amongst you.
3 comments:
How sweet, both sign and room.( Had to make sure it said farewell though)
You really must invest in a Wanchai burbs, commonly known as a brolly!! keeps the sun off, keeps the rain off and can be used to batter,poke or prod the natives so you and Passthegin can stay together when trying to alight on public transport. can also be used as a marker in a large crowd.
It was standard issue in the colonies years ago, how fast time moves on.
Must be a terrible strain having to use stairs, having given it some thought your life of late has all been on one level apart from the odd kerb. Still stiff upper lip and all that don't let the natives see a sign of weakness!!
So to clarify .. how many beers were taken prior to falling in the gap incident ? More than one me thinks...
Comment deleted?? Oh Dave ....your worst literary nightmare .....State censorship of a holiday blog!! It’d never happen in Bulgaria comrade ....oh, and Vlad P for lifetime President of the beloved country ....any body listening??
Very disappointed in the lack of lunar landscapes in that bedroom ....what sort of service is that? Bet Thailand Tours of Old Aberdeen would provide something to behold.
The beaches there ARE slightly reminiscent of Scarbro’ .....sundrenched, windswept. The sound of leather on willow ....that’s the Scarbro’ cricket festival, not lederhosen clad Austrians self flagellating! Is that how it’s spelt?
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