So today i got up at 1:15am, ready to get the bus for 2am to Colombo (the capital).. WERE GOING TO SEE THE POPE! We got the bus at about 2:30am, after being offered a lift from two dodgy cars with guys in them.. No thank you.
Took about an hour and a half to get to colombo and when we arrived we took a tuk tuk to galle face green.. But we had to walk down the road as it was closed.. The crowds were HUGE. And i swear kayla and i wete the only white people there.. We were walking round aimlessly through the masses, trying to protect my backpack as best as possible.. We went through security and the whole park was separated into square enclosures, we looked extremely lost so some of the ushers helped us by pointing us in the right direction.. We walked past loads of pens of people but we didnt know what to do… We found a person that showed us into a foreigners enclosure! Haha would not have that in the uk! So we made friends with some americans and turns out a couple of them and kayle have mutual friends! Small world. It was quite cold at night but as the sum rose, it became warmer. We were waiting in our little bay when suddenly a rush of people were let into ours! So we had to go to the front of the gate and wait for an hour until good ol’ francis arrived… When he cam e though it was pretty good.. We were SO close! But he literally flew past us! Must have been going about 20 mph! Managed to get some really good pics though! It was all very fast ending and lasted about 5 seconds haha..
We walked back to a hotel to get wifi and then got a tuk tuk to a local beach about 12km from colombo..
The beach was so cool! Not touristy and full of sri lankans just having fun! We got some food at a cafe as well, beach side obviously. Got a pineapple juice and chicken sandwich! 👌👌👌
While we were walking ok the beach we saw a lot of people pulling on a rope in the ocean! Very intriguing so i went to take a look – they were pulling on a net.. When they took it out it was full of tiny fish and a few big ones! Pretty good idea! The local people are so inspiring, they all work together and play together, just eating lunch we can watch volley ball.. Water towers being built with people.. Play fighting, honestly it really is amazing to watch such a community! A man also sold me a really large map of sri lanka and it seems everyone is always up for a nice conversation! Unlike England where people don’t even want to sit next to each-other!
We had more food again, and then set back home.. Just so happened when we got to the bus stop, an air conditioned bus stopped for us! Lovely trip back and can safely say this was the most random and probably luckiest day ever haha yaaaaaas

With love from Sri Lanka, Jack ✌️