Restart Sri La

, Good Morning I have been having trouble with the blogspot site this morning so have decided I just have to leave yesterday's post slightly unfinished and move on. Our driver is a competent young man but when we asked him to take us to somewhere we could have lunch we were not specific enough in our requirements. I began to worry when he took us away from the city block and climbed a mountain. It was a magnificent view but the restaurant was magnificent too and not what we wanted. We took a look at the menu and left much,to Sanjay's astonishment. We told him the food was too heavy and too expensive and he took us to the Cafe area down town where we had a delicious light lunch. Our accommodation is also up a mountain because Kandy is surrounded by them. The home is magnificent with an amazing central wood staircase over about four levels because the house is build down the side of the valley. Our hostess is an Australian of Sri Lankan birth who resides in Brisbane except for about three months of the year. All her other guests had left so she insisted on showing us three room options including the biggest of them all which was a family apartment with a small childrens bedroom. It also a balcony with great views. She said we could have it because we were staying three nights. So we are quite luxuriously ensconced. This was a good thing because Bob became quite unwell which we put down to the omelet he had for breakfast which was laced with unrequested chilli. We weren't hungry because of our late lunch so we skipped going our to dinner and just relaxed. Today our driver is collecting us at 11am which was to give us time to do our laundry. However our hostess has whisked it away to be done by her staff. It will be added to the bill of course but all expenses here are well below Aussie costs. Our later start is also because our driver suggested that we go to the traditional dancing exhibition at 4.30 till 5.30. This means we will miss our usual pm cat nap so we may have another early night. Our driver has a list of places to visit today in and around Kandy so more later.