I am sitting on the rooftop of my wonderful hotel in Colombo overlooking the Indian Ocean sipping on a double espresso. Rather surreal after what I did earlier this morning.
This morning, it was immigration bedlam. I went to get my visa renewed. Thank god I went with someone. Without him, I wouldn't even have found the entrance. You enter through what looks like a hawker centre. For those unfamiliar with Singapore, a hawker centre is a place where they sell food. Good thing too, as it normally takes all day to get a visa. Long story short, I only got a 1 month extension. So now it's back to plan A which is to get a letter from a cabinet minister sponsoring me and/or some other fast footwork. My partner Jez, who I call my Sri LanCAN (as opposed to Sri LanCAN'T) says not to worry. That we will work something out. He is usually true to his word. So between him and Devaraj I should be OK. A bit of a hassle though.
Now I just have to chill and enjoy this nice place. I book my hotels through Agoda which is an online hotel discount provider. I book into this rather old place called the Pearl City but every time I get upgraded to their brand new sister hotel called the Pearl Grand. Not bad for US$47/night.
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