Thursday 6th March - Day 32

I need to be at the airport by 6:45am and my taxi has failed to arrive. Luckily, I have the mobile number of the driver from yesterday, so I give him a call. 'I've got a flat tyre', he says. He's forgotten I hadn't paid him in full yesterday and he can't be bothered. I ask a tuk-tuk driver to take me to the airport and he does it for half the price the taxi would cost. Maybe I'm not too unlucky.

The flight was less than and hour and pretty uneventful.

It was a last minute booking of a hotel on the internet in Colombo. I made a mistake and booked an 'expensive' hotel. Oops ! The hotel is nice, but I should have found a place when I arrived. The taxi from the airport is expensive too. This is ominous. At the hotel I book an excursion for the next day.