Bye Arugam Bay

Our last night in Arugam Bay tonight. We'll be kinda sad to leave here. We've been here for 6 nights (I think) so we've got a little routine going on. Just to make you jealous: Rouse at about 10am, have a shower, get in our swimming gear and piss arse about for a bit (Lee). Take a leisurely stroll down to the beach for about 11:30am. Catch some rays, have a dip etc. Ah bliss. By this time you will be in work muahahaha.

A couple days ago we were having lunch in this place and as we were finishing the lads that worked there pulled out this big board game a few tables away. He saw us looking so he invited us for a game. The language barrier was difficult but we managed to understand the rules. It was called Carrom. It's quality. Bit like pool but you flick the disc things (Google it). We sat there for hours playing. I was uber shit. The poor lad who was on my team kept cringing when I was about to take my shots. They both had a good laugh at me. We walked past that night, a good five hours later, and there they were in the same spot still playing. They called us over and we had another few games with them. They were sound.

You can't seem to get spirits in the bars here. The ones we've been in only do beer and soft drinks. A couple did G&T and some cocktails but we like our voddy!
We asked a local and he said you can buy it at the Holiday Inn. Not sure whether that's the name of the shop. Surely they can't have an actual Holiday Inn as we know it here? I don't know. We were told to get a tuk tuk but we decided to walk. Now we've heard about a trip you can do here around the swamp to see the wildlife. Birds, snakes, elephants and many crocodiles. We were also told you don't have to do the trip, you can just walk there but you'd be, "fucking stupid", to do that.

So anyway, we're walking along this long, near pitch black road looking for Holiday Inn. I started to feel a bit uneasy. The sounds I was hearing were different. Not your usual grasshoppers and other night time critters, this sounded different but I couldn't place it. It made me look around and try and see where we were. I looked to my left and squinted my eyes and I realised. We were at the fucking swamp! I turned on my heels so fast and said in the sternest voice I've ever heard, "we're going back", "..what, what's up??", "just shut up we're going back", haha. The phrase 'shitting myself' has a whole new meaning to me now, I was so scared I actually needed a poo. I've seen enough Steve Irwin to know that I don't stand a chance against a crocodile. We got away unscathed thank God but I was absolutely petrified. If I needed the vodka before that ordeal then I certainly needed it afterwards (never did get any).

Keep having power cuts here. We've had 4 in the 6 days we've been here. Goes out for ages at a time too. In the day it's not too bad but at night isn't the best. We were tripping over dogs the other night. Went off in the restaurant few days back. Had to wait ages for our scran.

On the bus the other day and I was complaining to Lee about how my arse doesn't fit in the seat. He said the seats are made smaller here because the people aren't as big. I gathered this, that's fine, he could have left it there but no. He went on to say:
"They're not thick set"
"What do you mean? Are you saying I'm "thick set"?"
"Well, yeah. Look at the size of your shoulders for a girl"
Haha, cheers Lee, I've now got a brand new insecurity I never knew I had.