Tuesday, January 31, 2006
i'm back from colombo!!
the trip was ok. was expecting things to be cheap there.. much like bangkok. even if stuff weren't cheap there, i expected there to be more things to buy.. much like bangkok.
i guess i just want to go to bangkok badly. haha
the beaches were BEAUTIFUL! especially the ones at beruwala.. i didnt take pictures there tho.. *dope!!*
on the way there, we drove past some beaches that were hit by the tsunami. i tried my best to take some photos while in the moving van.. i dun think i got good shots though.. was using diana's cam which i am unfamiliar with(yes i still haven't repaired my poor camera *pouts*)
it's more than one year after the tsunami and the houses were still unrestored and there were still some debris lined on the shore..so poor thing. i soo wished i had brought the vid cam along.. the better to capture wat i saw. but oh well..
went to eden spa resort there.. all of us tried one of the spa treatments but i was kinda disappointed. my masseuse sucked! i mean she was ok but she didnt massage me hard enough. she was sooo gentle. i was unsatisfied. hmmmf..
just some random facts abt colombo..
- the food is just average.. only the thosai beat the ones in sg. for everything else, nothing beats singapore! heh
- the streets remind me of old malaysia.
- the traffic there is crazy! i only saw one traffic light for pedestrians. all the rest are zebra crossings(which none of the vehicles actually stop at for pedestrians to cross).
- they just change lanes like nobody's business.
- they don't give a damn abt traffic lights.
- they honk like there's no tmr!
- i wake up every morning to the symphony of honks. i swear i felt like taking a brick and throwing it at their windshields and hoped it would hit their heads! i was surprised that i didnt see at least one road accident a day.
- they don't have taxis. they have tuk tuks. i'm not quite sure what it's called there. heh..
- there are many many signs of hotels such as majestic hotel, vegetarian hotel, etc. they are not hotels. they are in fact eating places. abt half the "hotels" i saw there are eating places.
hope everyone had a superb weekend!!
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dreamed.at .|. 10:16 PM