Sweet Conclusion in Negombo, Sri Lanka

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JANUARY 13, 2013

With the botched logistic of the trip that stranded me in Jordan combined with my illness two weeks ago and the driving rain throughout the last 10 days, my itinerary pretty much got shot.  I ended up on the wrong side of the island with 4 days to spend.  I went back to Negombo, the city by the airport, to get ahead on my work and chill out. 

 

The weather finally cleared and I got to spend a couple lazy days on the beach.  The city of Negombo itself is pretty lame.  Given its proximity to the airport it is basically a place for Europeans to spend a couple days to rid their jetlag and pretend they are actually in Asia.  The food is European and the shops are tourist traps.  Its like going to the Myrtle Beach boardwalk and saying you’ve experienced America. 

 

On the bright side, I did get to do a bit of yoga on the beach and run north out of town through the fishing village that borders Negombo. 

The Hindu New Year went down with a huge beach ceremony (read: party) while I was there.

I saw cricket being played on the beach.

And being there for four days I actually got to know some of the locals at the juice shop I frequented.  I drank juices made from passion fruit, custard apple, wood apple, nelli and belli.  If I lived in the tropics I think I would subsist on weird fruit alone. 

Now its time to pack it up and head to India. 

Mmmm, salad texture.

 But first, for your entertainment, I give you the menu from the restaurant by my hostel.

Better than wussy vegetarian food I suppose.

Kinky.

Seriously!?  They have to know this reads like soft porn.

Yes! Yes! Yes!  ....now someone get me a cigarette.