Friday, February 10, 2012

Day 222 Negombo - Kandy

We are both still a bit jetlagged, so we only got started pretty late. We took the bus to Kandy. The bus station and at first the bus itself seemed to be much more relaxed than what I know from India - it was no problem to get a seat. However as the bus picked up more and more people it got very crowded. Nevertheless it was a very nice ride. As soon as we got into the hills the landscape was quite stunning and this impression was dramatically supported by rainclouds. We got out close to Kandy and waited for a tuktuk to bring us up a very bumpy road along a hillside with stunning sunset views to our very very nice couchsurfing host family. Ben and his family are hosting like crazy - when we came three other couchsurfers were already there. His family and the other guests were very very nice, we had a delicious Lankan dinner together and later we could even play music. There was a 5-stringed guitar and a 2-stringed violin (great because Anne could not carry her cello on the trip) in the house - this plus the small orchestra I am always carrying  made up for a very nice session.

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