Vaj

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Having spent the entire night at the Low Cost Carrier Terminal in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I was dead tired when I reached the Kansai International Airport, Japan at 345pm. I have had no sleep at all the previous night and slept only bits and bobs on the plane. First job of the day was getting a Japanese SIM card. At the airport there are two counters at the arrival, one place renting phones outright and the other renting SIM cards. Renting SIM cards which for me seems a little unusual; renting a whole phone costs like Yen 500 per day plus call / text and data charges. The other place called Softbank charges about Yen 150 per day and but they only provide you with a SIM card. The two ladies at the Softbank counter were ... read more

Woke up at 615am and opened my window and saw the most amazing views I have seen in Sri Lanka...Unfortunately due to the mist didn’t see Kiri Vehera however Uda Walawe Reservoir was visible. Took about 100 pictures and still couldn’t capture the beauty...finally around 730am I had to get my eyes off the vistas and did some yoga for about 30 minutes. Before leaving I took some pictures of the hotel that we stayed “Hotel Nature Horizon” and we drove to Bambarakanda falls. Since it was late when we passed the turn off to Bambarakanda falls yesterday we had to drive back. Between the 172km and 171km posts you get a turn off to Bambarakanda falls and you have to drive 5kms to get to the fall. It’s a fairly well tarred road. On the ... read more

I, woke up around 9am and used the wifi facility to make a few calls on skype....this iphone is such a great invention.... I decided to do the walking tour as in the lonely planet guide book, need to make a start somewhere... While walking down Rothschild blvd I turned into Sheinkin street; came across a roadside cafe that sold houmous and pita bread...I have been soo looking forward to having this...it cost 20 shekels which in my opinion is kind of expensive but hey i cant be in hunger now can I ? Went near the Yemenite quarter and saw Kikar Magen David (Round about where 6 streets meet) and went down HaCarmel Street through the market areas... It felt a bit like walking through Pita Kotuwa (Fort Area) in Sri Lanka. Thereafter after going ... read more

I kept waking up like every 2-3 hours and finally couldn’t sleep after 6am, was just lying and waiting because everyone else was still asleep. Everyone woke up around 730am and no one here takes a shower. Everyone just washed their face and hair and that’s it. The dinner table was brought outside and the sun was just popping out and it was cold. I really enjoyed sitting outside with the sun rays warming me up. They heated the coffee and brought bread and a bowl of olive oil and everyone kept dipping the bread to the olive oil and that was breakfast. The people here don’t brush their teeth either. I was planning on leaving after going to Chenini and Douiret so decided to take my backpack. Before catching a camionnette to Chenini I left ... read more