Last day in Sri Lanka

Somebody had set the alarm for 6 in the morning. Which ment that we were ready to go to the temple at 7. Which also meant that we were the first tourists on the top. The golden buddha temple is a kitchy gift from the japanese and not really an attraction - but the rock caves at the top were amazing.

5 in total, some pretty big, containing buddhas, statues, paintings. We could enjoy it all in the cool morning with only one or two other tourists around us.

Walked down, packed our stuff and left Dambulla by bus. Headed for Colombo and made the mistake of not getting off the bus in time. Instead we stayed on it through the totally terrible traffic of Colombo, to the main bus station and back north towards the airport and beaches. Wasted at least 4 hours that way. Finally at the beach we found a place for a drink and some food. Not much access to the beach though. Agreed with the owner of the bar that his driver could take us to the airport.

Plane was a bit delayed. Not something you want on a 2 am departure but in the end we left Sri Lanka. Such a nice and beautiful place, but we had had our share for now.