Rather than a 10 hour car ride from Batticaloa to Colombo, I booked a flight on a local airline.
Originally it was supposed to go directly to Colombo, but the day before the flight I got an email saying that the departure time had changed, and that it would go through Kandy. It turned out to be quite lucky for me, since the scenery on the flight to Kandy was amazing. I think this is one of the best ways to see the country.
As we approached Colombo it became cloudy and rainy, and the flooding from the recent heavy rain became visible. Once I landed in Colombo a colleague of Celene's who is based there, Timothy, showed me around Colombo for the rest of the day. We went to the museum, the floating market, and a shopping and restaurant area called the Dutch Hospital Precinct. Colombo feels like such a big modern city compared to Batticaloa. There happened to be a street food festival going on when we where there, with live music and lots of people.
I noticed that the young people often spoke English with each other, even when they were obviously locals. I asked a friend of Timothy's about it, and he just shrugged and said it was a Colombo thing.
There is an amazing amount of contruction in Colombo right now, with cranes all over. Lots of foreign investment I think. The city will probably look very different in just a few years.
Originally it was supposed to go directly to Colombo, but the day before the flight I got an email saying that the departure time had changed, and that it would go through Kandy. It turned out to be quite lucky for me, since the scenery on the flight to Kandy was amazing. I think this is one of the best ways to see the country.
As we approached Colombo it became cloudy and rainy, and the flooding from the recent heavy rain became visible. Once I landed in Colombo a colleague of Celene's who is based there, Timothy, showed me around Colombo for the rest of the day. We went to the museum, the floating market, and a shopping and restaurant area called the Dutch Hospital Precinct. Colombo feels like such a big modern city compared to Batticaloa. There happened to be a street food festival going on when we where there, with live music and lots of people.
I noticed that the young people often spoke English with each other, even when they were obviously locals. I asked a friend of Timothy's about it, and he just shrugged and said it was a Colombo thing.
There is an amazing amount of contruction in Colombo right now, with cranes all over. Lots of foreign investment I think. The city will probably look very different in just a few years.
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