Haha - not at all and were both really down to earth. It was funny last night as we were looking around Galle for accom. and it was all guest houses and some looked pretty rough to say the least. What I find strange is there seems to be a massive divide between guesthouses and hotels, I really don't mind the rough and ready places as long as they are clean the other Mr Bear is not so keen.
I had considered the trains and then just hiring a taxi for the day on arrival but thought I would miss out on a lot of the smaller places on route. Planned a circular trip and going to use one place as a base for four days and use the car to visit the surrounding areas - I think after arriving Colombo were going coastal drive down to Galle and probably stopping of in a few of the smaller towns on the way for photos, food, beers etc.
Galle does seem the more relaxed areas for drugs etc so Ill just buy what I need there and save messing about - (I'll send the help :D).
I was quite looking forward to Croatia but our dates changed and threw our plans out of the window - had been thinking about Sri Lanka so thought lets give that a try.
(mods if you wish to move the last few posts to the travel thread as I feel I'm hogging the thread)
I had considered the trains and then just hiring a taxi for the day on arrival but thought I would miss out on a lot of the smaller places on route. Planned a circular trip and going to use one place as a base for four days and use the car to visit the surrounding areas - I think after arriving Colombo were going coastal drive down to Galle and probably stopping of in a few of the smaller towns on the way for photos, food, beers etc.
Galle does seem the more relaxed areas for drugs etc so Ill just buy what I need there and save messing about - (I'll send the help :D).
I was quite looking forward to Croatia but our dates changed and threw our plans out of the window - had been thinking about Sri Lanka so thought lets give that a try.
(mods if you wish to move the last few posts to the travel thread as I feel I'm hogging the thread)