Colombo

By now, we have come almost full circle and will spend out last two nights at the Mount Lavinia hotel close to Colombo. The hotel was built in 1806.by the then governor of Ceylon, Sir Thomas Maitland. once the residence of the governor. Lavinia was the name of his fiancée, who was Portuguese/Sinhalese. A tunnel still exists between the hotel and where Lavinia lived.

The journey from Galle to Mount Lavinia was uneventful. The hotel is impressive and the food has been good. We were staying in the older section of the hotel, in a large room with views over the public beach.

Some photos of the hotel
















We were not at the hotel at the right time to see the tunnel, but did manage too see the start of it from the hotel end.

On Saturday, Tissa took us to see Colombo. The traffic there is frightful, so not unlike other capital cities.











A ride in a Tuc Tuc completed our trip





Then it was dinner and packing ready for the next day.

At the moment, Colombo airport is closed during the day for work on the runway. It opens only in the evening, so our flight to the to the Maldives is delayed until after 8pm, so we will be picked up at 2pm amd then there will be a wait at the airport.

- Pat and John on tour