Pinnewala & Colombo, Sri Lanka

We left Kandy in the early morning & got a bus headed to Kegalle. From there we got another bus to the Pinnewala elephant orphanage. As we got off the bus we saw all the elephants crossing the road going down to the river. One of the smaller elephants tried to enter a shop, but was intercepted by the shopowner who succeeded in turning her away. We bought our tickets and followed them down to the river. We watched them bathing and playing for a while, then went up to the orphanage to watch them returning.
From Pinnewala we headed back to Kegalle and caught a bus to Colombo. Along the way we saw roadworks Sri Lankan style: guys in jandals using jackhammers & workers waterblasting rocks loose 50 metres up a cliff.
The next day in Colombo we caught up with Kristy & Darryl again at the TransAsia hotel. We went swimming in the pool with the NZ A cricket team & Sir Richard Hadlee. We had a delicious buffet meal and a beer in the foyer before catching a ride to the airport with Kristy & Darryl.