Wednesday, April 17
I said I wouldn't take another train without a reserved seat. Well we didn't have that and we needed to get to Colombo. This time I splurged for second class. We said goodbye to the family (who ended up being at the train station with us heading to Nuwara Eliyah for a day trip - turns out there are games going on for the holiday) They had 3rd class tickets though. If we'd known we might have also gotten and travelled together a bit.
Anyway the train arrived and 2nd class was as bad as third. A bit of a waste of money.
This time I stood about 4 hours. There was an Irish couple with us and the woman was NOT happy. They ended up getting off in hopes that a bus would be better.
As Meir told me, I was a trooper, but not so thrilled. Finally I ended up half sitting with my feet on someone's suitcase and my butt on a little table. It wasn't at all comfortable but I just couldn't stand anymore. We still had 2 hours until Kandy when we thought we'd be able to get seats. With about an hour left someone finally offered me her seat. I got in a nice nap. At Kandy the person next to me moved and a few people tried to sit but I kept it for Meir. We watched a movie and finally at 8 pm we made it (we had left at 9:40 am). It was such a long way.
When we finally got out we weren't positive where to go but thankfully had our host's number so the cab (regular car this time) called and we found the place. Our host wasn't home so we left our bags with the guard and went down the street for food. It's a cute cafe called Caramel Pumpkin and we got pasta and a salad and amazing iced tea.
By the time we got back our hostess was home. The apartment is beautiful and has great views. We sat with her a bit and she gave us some advice and helped us plan the next day and we showered and went to bed.
Anyway the train arrived and 2nd class was as bad as third. A bit of a waste of money.
This time I stood about 4 hours. There was an Irish couple with us and the woman was NOT happy. They ended up getting off in hopes that a bus would be better.
As Meir told me, I was a trooper, but not so thrilled. Finally I ended up half sitting with my feet on someone's suitcase and my butt on a little table. It wasn't at all comfortable but I just couldn't stand anymore. We still had 2 hours until Kandy when we thought we'd be able to get seats. With about an hour left someone finally offered me her seat. I got in a nice nap. At Kandy the person next to me moved and a few people tried to sit but I kept it for Meir. We watched a movie and finally at 8 pm we made it (we had left at 9:40 am). It was such a long way.
When we finally got out we weren't positive where to go but thankfully had our host's number so the cab (regular car this time) called and we found the place. Our host wasn't home so we left our bags with the guard and went down the street for food. It's a cute cafe called Caramel Pumpkin and we got pasta and a salad and amazing iced tea.
By the time we got back our hostess was home. The apartment is beautiful and has great views. We sat with her a bit and she gave us some advice and helped us plan the next day and we showered and went to bed.
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