I’ve officially completed my first week of being a
traveller! I was expecting the first couple of weeks to feel like I was just on
holiday, but it somehow doesn’t feel like that at all. I suppose when you go on
holiday you book yourself into a hotel or villa where you can live the life of
luxury for the duration of your stay, yet here we are in rooms costing between
£5-12 per night. They’d be described as basic at best. Having WIFI, a mosquito
net and a hot shower have become our idea of ‘luxury’.
From hosing down ants off the toilet each time I need to
pee, to washing my knickers in the sink; it is a far cry from any holiday I’d
been on. However, lying on the beach drinking fresh coconut juice and spending
quality time with Matt far outweighs the negatives.
We’ve had our first experience of getting on a train,
backpacks in tow and just hoping we’ll find a decent place to sleep that night.
No pre-booking, no idea of how long we’ll stay, and no ties at all. The
exhilaration of finding the perfect place and bartering until you’re on the
verge of being insulting has become our new lifestyle.
So far we’ve spent a lot of time sunning our snow-white skin
on the beach so I’m excited to see more of Sri Lanka. Our Visa have granted us
a month on this beautiful island so we want to see as much of it as we can.
Feeling extremely lucky to be able to embark on this adventure; even though I’m
suffering from about 50 mosquitos bites!
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