After 22 hours on the road, in a plane (two actually), on a transit bus, a departure lounge, and 45 minutes on a mini bus we arrived at our hotel in Negombo, just up the coast from Colombo. I don’t think they set out to make it rhyme, but there you go. It was about 2am local time. And that meant time to be horizontal.

Leaving the dark skies at Tullamarine

What I have learned from this is that there is a limit to how many hours you can have your iphone ear pods jammed in your ears. Or any other airline issued ear phones. Agony. And one other gripe to get off my chest…there may be 245 movies, 180 tv shows and countless songs and podcasts on the in-flight entertainment system, but for me it’s much like pay tv. Nothing worth watching. I will admit to the fact that Lion was available, but I’ve brought the book with me and want to read it before I watch the movie. Fingers crossed they don’t change the play list when we fly home!