HIKKADUWA
We arrived in the early midday yesterday, jumped on a train by 5 am and slept on the 5 hour ride there. Arriving in Hikkaduwa, we quickly realized what kind of crowd it attracted - families and surfers. Every place we passed had wifi and we past a lot of places named "(something) Shack" from where Bob Marley incessantly was playing. This town was for the tourists, no doubt about it, but we could also see why - in the corner of our sight we could the ocean, bordered by a beautiful beach.
The temperature was also higher here than in chilly Kandy.
We walked the main street for some time in hope of finding our hotel by foot, but quickly gave up and found a tuk-tuk.
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The place we were about to stay at was called Café Ceylon and was run by a fashionable german lady. The colour theme was blue and white and there was a nice outdoors patio for chilling and eating, as well as a balcony with white arches. Everything oozes relaxed luxury, a bit art deco mixed with mediterrian coloring.
The problem with this place it's unfortunately it's owner. The german woman uses the same approach to us as you do to a child and it makes us feel quite uneasy. There's a lot of rules for basically anything and we constantly felt like we stepped over boundaries, even if it was asking them to boil water for us. Yesterday we got a really bad attitude for forgetting to turn of the AC, which we know is bad of us, but at the same time... we are guests here and if everything is going to be valued it makes us feel like introuders.
Jennifer compares it with a "bording school mentality", and also points out how cheap she is. It's so clear that every cent counts and it's different from the other places we've been to, where we were more treated as friends. It is really not our problem how much things will cost for her and walking around talking about how much everything will cost is really not good manners.
Another unfortunate thing is the waves. Jennifer took a quick glanze at the water and said disapointed "It will be hard to snorkel here...".
We sat on the beach and let the waves shower us every other minute, but there was so much sand and too heavy current that we decided to just sun bathe instead.
...We feel asleep in the sun. For Jennifer, with great pigment, that was fine, but for me... well, see for yourself.
Excuse the almost nipslip but I'll say #freethenipple is still a thing... right?
Yesterday we took an hourlong walk to find dinner and a trustable ATM, and stumbled upon the Sri Lankan dish Kotthu. Still not sure exactly what it contains, we were more than happy to see that we could share a plate for less then 400 LKR and still be more then content.
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In the night, we were tired. We postponed our plans to go to Galle the next morning for another day of recollecting sleep and energy. My sunburn was pretty bad and got worse as time passed so the sun was going to have to wait for some time before it touched my skin again. Unfortunately, I don't think the sun will respect my wish there and today I'll have to stay in the shadows.
The internet here in Sri Lanka is overall CATASTROPHIC. Swedish internet is really out of this world comparing to this. Sending things via messenger is fine, as longs as it is just text. Pictures take at least 5 minutes to send and calling via messenger or skype is a test of ones patience. If you do get connection enough you can count on it being abrupted every five minutes and that the person in the other end only hears the end of the sentence.
When you are so far from home and used to a contact web that keeps you afloat when you feel down, the distance from the loved ones really tear on you. I tried to talk with a friend from home when Jennifer had gone to sleep but even with one person less on the Wifi it was an ordeal.
Many times during the conversation he couldn't hear me and in the end I was so frustrated I almost missed home more.
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Still, talks with loved ones, sun and coffee in loads and everything will be fine. I might be PMS-ing for real right now but as soon as the hormone rush stops, life will be brighter.
Just chill mate
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Today by breakfast we sat down to look at the itinerary again. With little to none pre-planning, we are open to almost everything.
Except, it turned out, going in bus for a minimum of 7 hours and then having to go back via Kandy on our way back to Colombo.
"You know what? All I want to do is tan, eat, swim, sleep right now", we both said almost in unison.
And by that it was decided. We would spend the last 10 days in Sri Lanka by the coast and skip Ella all together, instead chilling in Galle and Unawatuna and Mirissa and then go back to Colombo.
Sometimes your body tells you exactly what you need.
WITH ALL THE LOVE
I CAN POSSIBLY SEND YOU
Felicia
(& Jennifer)
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