The tail end of Sri Lanka and the beginning of India
Near Kollom 31c feels like 36c Humidity 67% feels like 99% After making our way up the west coast of Sri Lanka, mostly on public transport but sometimes on foot, we splashed out on our penultimate night and stayed at the wonderful Thoduwawa Beach Villa. Given everything that's happened since we wish we'd stayed longer. Our Indigo flight to Chennai was uneventful despite the very annoying habit the airline have of encouraging you to check in online and then making you pay for random seat selection. After you've paid they very politely inform you it's not possible to check you in online have to check in at the airport. Most annoying to later discover this is a scam of theirs. Booking a taxi from the airport to our confirmed hotel was not the easy option we thought it would be. We had no data, we were given the wrong registration number, told to stand in the wrong place etc etc, an hour and a half later we finally arrived at our 5* (not) hotel