Colombo - Part 1

It was Jo's last day, as she was heading to Bangkok for a few days before heading home...sadly - all good things must come to an end...

We had a monster plan for all the things we were going to do that day - but ended up doing very little at all...no surprise really...

After breakfast we walked down Galle Face Green to enjoy the sea view and ended up having coffee and lunch in McDonalds. That evening - Jo and Brock had a surprise lined up, and an hour before sunset we set off to walk back up to the Galle Face Hotel:

Enjoying the sea view on Galle Face Green:



Thanks to Jo for this pic...

The Galle Face Hotel is the hotel in town. It's got an impressive position right on the sea front, with the waves crashing against the sea wall. The sunsets are amazing because the sun sets into the ocean, and there's a large seating area where you can enjoy the view.

So we did...

Jo and Brock - enjoying a few drinks and the view at the Galle Face Hotel:



Holding the sun:



Sunset - and an excellent bottle of Montana Reserve Chardonnay:







Enjoying a final beer and cigars before the trip to the airport:



Thanks to Jo for this picture...

Sadly we ran out of time - and so headed off to the Airport to see Jo off. Only passengers are allowed into the airport - although they do allow you to go in if you purchase a really expensive airport visitors ticket. So to save a bit of cash we faked some airline e-tickets and managed to get in without any problems.

And then we did what we'd been doing a lot of in the last two months - hung around waiting for Jo :-). But then Jo's flight was called, and after final goodbyes, we waved her goodbye, and set off to catch the bus back into Colombo.