Heading east

Bus early morning from Tangalla to Pottivul/Arugam bay. 7:03 on the bus in the morning. Too early for a Sunday. First bus driven by local Schumacher-wannabe. Did not touch the road too much on the way to Monaragala.

Standing up in bus for 6 hours. No seats. Getting warmer and warmer as we get closer to coast.
Arrived in the afternoon in Arugam bay. Everything looked to be closed down due to low season. Local welcome commitee tells us "no rooms, very pricey, all closed down" - we had a reservation and confirmation mail some days earlier so no panic but nice to experience some of the things they warn about in the travel guides :-)

Got nice beach cabana and had some late lunch. Tired after loooong trip in bus and early start in the morning. Slept a bit in the afternoon on the beach and had nice dinner. Give us some more of that, please.