Our time in Colombo was fairly short. We arrived from Delhi pretty late, probably around midnight, and we headed right to our hotel. Although we were close to the ocean, we couldn't see much in the dark. The hotel was awesome (particularly compared to the one we had stayed in the night before in Delhi), and when we opened up the doors to the balcony the next morning, we had a beautiful view that allowed us a tantalizing glimpse of the Indian Ocean! Our itinerary didn't allow for any exploring in Colombo, but before our cab drove us to Kandy, we stopped at Beach Wadiya for a really nice lunch. We were right by the ocean, and we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves! Lunch was good, the staff was super friendly, and we enjoyed a few Lion beers (a Sri Lankan "social lubricant") as we relaxed.
We were a little nervous coming into Sri Lanka because of the ongoing civil war there between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers, a militant rebel group. Since Colombo is the capital, violence has been particularly prevalent in that city; in fact, we heard that just a few days after we flew out of Sri Lanka, there was a bombing at the airport! However, we never saw any evidence of the conflict the entire time we were there, and for that we are very thankful!
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