Day 13

 We're at Galle station for the 7:00 train to Colombo

Just a couple of hours up the coast to Colombo - a nice trip. 1st class ticket is £2.50 each... an absolute bargain! If you want to slum it in second or third class, it's a £1 or 50 pence

We're staying at the Ramada for the last couple of nights. On the way from the station our tuk-tuk driver sold us the idea of a tuk-tuk tour of the city which we're going to do tomorrow. 

Ok - I've seen better views out of a hotel window

We're hopping on another train this afternoon and going down to the Mount Lavinia hotel.

Third class travel this time but it's not too bad - about 10p a ticket.

The hotel was the old governor's house and dates back to 1805. Later on it became a hotel and then in WW II it was a military hospital. It was also used as a filming location for the hospital scenes in Bridge over the River Kwai. The whole movie was filmed about 50 miles east of Colombo. There's nothing there to see now - the bridge is all gone (obviously)

Back on the 5.00 commuter - it's rush hour

 Last day tomorrow ☹️