Day 28 and 29- Is it two days if you don’t sleep in between?

Another day in sunny Hikkaduwa meant another day chilling and not doing much apart from going into the sea and eating nice food on the beach.

When I was in India I met some lovely amazing people who also turned out to be in Hikkaduwa. I met Sophie, Yaz and Hannah for brunch at our favourite spot; Salty Swamis. This is actually one of my favourite ever places to eat. It is run by an Australian family and although it is not authentic Sri Lankan there is nothing better then having a good avocado on toast with poached eggs or fish tacos.

This afternoon also marked the day that I was reunited with another Sophie, who I have known since primary school and will be spending the next few days with.

Today was also Jens and Leanne’s last night in Sri Lanka, to celebrate Sophie, Leanne, Jen, Hannah, Lee and I decided to head to a local beach party. We went a grabbed some food before and chilled on the beach. The beach party was pretty awful. The music wasn’t great and for some reason
there were hardly any people. Some of the people that were there also at times were a bit persistent. In the end it just ended up being Hannah, Lee and I chatting away and drinking. Apparently the party doesn’t stop until either the bar runs out of alcohol or the sun comes up.

Hannah had not yet had a chance to see the turtles and as it approached 3am the three of us decided we were going to power through in order to see the turtles this morning. As soon as 6:30 hit we were down by the turtle viewing point and they did not disappoint. I still cannot believe how beautiful they are!

When we got back to our hotel we decided to go for breakfast to see off Jen and Leanne in style. I have had the pleasure of spending the last few weeks withJen and Leanne. They are both heading back to the UK and I am sad to see them go.

Today was also our last full day In Hikkaduwa. Sophie and I are leaving tomorrow to go to Negumbo which is closer to the airport. This way we don’t have to rush about before our flight on Wednesday. Sophie will be flying to India to spend the remainder of her trip and I will be flying to Bangkok for one night just until we cross over the boarder to Cambodia. The next part of my trip will be the last g adventures tour I do before I go solo travelling, this is something quite scary but I don’t have to worry just yet.

Needless to say today has been a little bit of a write off and just spent sleeping and chilling on the beach.

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