Another travel day today. We left Coral Sands, Hikkaduwa at around 10am this morning on the bus bound for Mount Lavinia - a suburb of Colombo.
Today is Sinhala, or Sri Lankan and Tamil New Year. The sounds of exploding fire crackers echoed in every street we drove down. As we drove north along the coast, our guide told us about the impact of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami on this part of Sri Lanka.
We arrived our new hotel, Mount Lavinia around lunch time. This fantastic hotel was built by the Governor of Sri Lanka in the early nineteenth century.
In the evening we were treated to a fantastic evening at the house of a local businessmen. The food was incredible, and to cap it all off, the boys were able to meet Farveez Maharoof the Sri Lankan Test Cricketer. He gave a really stimulating and thoughtful talk to the boys on how they can achieve their full potential in life and as cricketers.
We returned to the Hotel ready to rest before our final game tomorrow.
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