Sunday, 12 April 2015

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Whilst on the way to Colombo, Sri Lanka we had a Pirate drill, so when they sounded the alarm all passengers had to go back to there cabins and sit on the floor in the hallway whilst the crew manned their stations. The captain took went to great pains to reasure us that there is nothing to worry about and then told us we were entering a pirate area of the sea and then again from Dubai to Seychelles where we sail 360km from the coast of Somalia.

Anyway life on the sea is pretty laid back. The day is spent playing table tennis, water volleyball, exercising. Karen heads off to learn line dancing and swing. There are heaps of other activities so we are certainly not board. Evenings are made up of going to dinner and a show, then sitting on deck socializing with the passengers and crew.


Well we made Colombo and headed off on our city tour. The first thing I noticed was the Police presence at least 1 or 2 cops every 1/2 km in the city and oh my god the traffic is the worst I have seen in Asia all I can say is the only rule they obey is stopping at traffic lights.



We did the usual temple tours.




Then we headed to the local market which we walked through it was so packed you could hardly move, but a least one Sri Lankan was enjoying himself because Karen said that a man had grabbed her on the bum 3 times. Then I saw him grab another female member on our tour so I grabbed him and started giving him a piece of my mind. I don't think he understood what I was saying but he must of got the gist as he ran off at a great rate of knots.



We continued with our tour and went for lunch. We were with 4 other people but I was the only one with Sri Lanka rupee so I paid for lunch which cost $21.00 or 10 pound for the poms. Unfortunately as it was traditional food Karen just had rice. Anyway we had lunch and headed to a couple of other places then back to the ship as everybody was tired from the heat. I must say Colombo is not a town I would put on my list as a place to return too. I have heard of lovely places in the hills but the traffic conditions really do put you off.

Today is a sail day and we land in Cochin India tomorrow. We had some excitement at breakfast today as an alarm went off and the next thing we knew the crew disappeared we all sat there for 5 mins then the captain came on and said there was a fire in engineering and wait for further. Thankfully he came back 5 minutes later and said the fire had been extinguished and things were back to normal.

1 comment:

  1. Everything sounds awesome. You both look like you are having heaps of fun. Keep the photos coming.
    Uppers

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