Reception had told us yesterday that breakfast started at 8.30 so it would have been rude to harass them earlier…so we hatched a plan to have a lie-in…….All holiday we’ve been listening out for the sound of Beethoven played out of a loud speaker on the front of a tuk-tuk selling bread…… Yes! honestly! …. We became aware of it while watching Xander Armstrong’s 3 part series on Sri Lanka…. We did hear it once and Suminda stopped the car for John to get a photo but we were coming back late from somewhere and didn’t really appreciate it……..well! The lack of appreciation occurred again today …….we are quite certain that in 1810 when Beethoven was composing “Fur Elise” that he would not of expected it to be blasting out of a bakers delivery tuk-tuk in Sri Lanka in 2024……but there we were rudely awakened by “Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor” directly below our bedroom window at 5.30 am !!!! So much for a lie in.
We eventually went down the 4 flights of stairs for breakfast at about 9.30am. Another lovely breakfast…fresh mixed fruit drink ( we heard the blender) a lovely plate of fruit, toast and jam and we opted out of an egg but had the sausage and bacon ..when it arrived we both said at the same time “ no rude comments” !!

After breakfast we returned to our room, sorted the dirty washing, donned our swim attire and once again descended the escaliers. With the washing deposited with reception ( returned later at a cost of £20) we took up residency on a pair of Sun loungers under a large green parasol and spent the day watching Sri Lankan sea activities…small boats fishing, tour boats toing and froing, young men rod fishing, one even caught a fish and a very old man taking more time smoking and loading bait on his line than fishing. He would totter out to rod fish for a few minutes and scurry back when the waves almost knocked him flying and repeated this several times before wandering off.

We interspersed our “watching the world go by” with several dips in the pool and a light sandwich for lunch. Eventually the early wake up call got the better of us and we decided to return to our air conditioned room for a siesta.

We stayed in the hotel for supper, choosing to have grilled King Prawns, rice and salad. Followed by banana fritters and ice cream for me and John had fruit salad and ice cream. An early night was required as we have a 6.00 am start tomorrow….. what a nice sun drenched day we had .