daytripping

While the thought of laying on the beach or by the pool for two weeks sounds like an excellent idea, i know myself well enough to know i'd get bored with this luxurious lifestyle. So I took a couple days to wander around Sri Lanka. One day was spent wandering around Negombo where I'm staying, another day was spent taking a cruise through one of the many lagoons in Negombo and another day was spent driving several hours in a tuk tuk down to Bentota so I could see one of the sea turtle hatcheries and see if the beach was any different there.

Negombo is just a ramshackle little beach town. Lots of Germans come here. I know this because everything is in German as well as English. It's very laid back, simple and easy going here. It's also a major fishing village. I think they have every type of fish you can eat here. And I don't want to ever hear that there's a shortage of tuna, because i saw more fresh tuna in an hour at the small fish market than I've ever seen in my life.

There are a series of lagoons here also, it actually reminds me of the delta area back home.... but more humid and much more green! So I took a boat cruise thru the lagoon which was surprisingly a lot like Disney's Jungle Cruise. Except smaller. It was complete with birds, restless
natives, crocodiles or in this case a couple big lizards and even the hippo, which was really a wild pig. I even managed to keep up the trend of injuring myself at least once in every country. While
getting out of the boat, i cut my foot on either the algae covered slimy green brick or the thing that looked like rusted metal. Odds are, it wasn't the brick. Thank God I got all my shots, including tetanus, before I left home!! I've decided I can't be in a country for more than
three days without getting hurt. I didn't hurt myself in Singapore or Thailand, but I was only there for 2-3 days. And this injury happened on day 4!

Bentota is really only about 40 km away. In my American mind I think...hmmmm... ok an hour, but this is Sri Lanka so we'll say two hours. Nope, 4 hours to get down there. Granted, I was in a tuk tuk... i LOVE riding in tuk tuks, but they don't go very fast. And there's traffic.... oh yea, and the driver kept falling asleep, while driving! Regardless, I survived and i got to see the sea turtles, which I really wanted to do. The only thing I'm missing out on here in Sri Lanka, is
riding an elephant. But I don't have the money to do an elephant safari, so maybe, hopefully, I can accomplish this somewhere else!


I've decided the spend the last few days lounging around. I got books when i first arrived that I haven't taken time to read. Now I'm halfway thru one, making good progress. And the men here have been creeping me out, so I kind of just want to keep to myself and not have to interact with anyone. I don't mind the questions, normally they're innocent enough. But when you get asked questions in this order, it gets a little creepy!

1. are you single... why?
2. would you like an Ayurveda massage, I'll perform it!

GAG ME!! Especially if you could see the guy that this particular come on came from.... And then the persistence of trying to get me to engage in some sort of activity with them which will either cost money or cause me to be alone with them. This is the first place that i haven't felt
comfortable in regards to interacting with the locals and I've actually used the fake boyfriend thing!