Day 9
Today, we opted for a slightly smaller breakfast of omelette and beans. We had it on our lovely balcony, enjoying a soft breeze. The Ceylon tea here is superb.
Its market day, so we tuk tuked into town to have a nosy around. It was a proper locals market, full of fresh fruit and veg. Very interesting and lively. I didn't feel too great having my camera out though. It screamed tourist and wealth and we would rather have blended in a bit more. Still, I got some interesting photos. We had a smoothie in a cafe. I asked for mango flavour, and 5 minutes later our waiter came back into the cafe carrying a mango! How's that for fresh! We went to a couple of shops, to buy a painting of an elephant on fabric, and a carved wooden elephant for our friend who is looking after the cats.
For dinner, we stayed at the hotel and shared 6 different curries. There was so much food! It was called the Sri Lankan buffet. We had a Tuna curry, chicken curry, dhall lentil curry, green Ben curry, cashew and pea curry and a curry we thought was potato, but was actually a delicious sweet root vegetable. This was all with a rice mountain each, popadoms and mango chutney. We asked for 90% spice. It was delicious, but I had terrible heartburn later!
Poor kitties. Glad your friend is looking after them now.
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