We had a nice nightflight from Chennai to Colombo - We got a rickshaw from ZamZam in Chennai to the airport around 20:30 and spent almost an hour sitting in trafficjams (the airport is under 15 km away from ZamZam Guesthouse). In the airport our cheap airlines had "special" securitycheck lines so it was good we arrived 3 hours in advance to our flight.
The flight with Spicejet was fast and pleasant. We even got free bottles of water during the flight. We landed around 2 am in Colombo and filled in the Visa papers, got stamps and picked up our luggage. For our surprice half of the airport is 24/7 shopping mall for bigger household items, like fridges, ovens, washing machines, tv's and even guitars.
Our grand plan was to leave one of our big backpacks to the luggage drop for the next 3 weeks in airport. Unfortunately this was not possible because we were lacking padlocks (how to seal a backpack with them is still a mystery to me), so they refused to take our luggage in. So we decided to take a Bus to the city and go to the railwaystation (hoping that they also have luggage drop available).
We found the bus fastly and went to sit in it. This was around 4:30 am. After waiting 10 minutes in the bus we went to ask from the driver when is the bus leaving. In 10 minutes he said. So we waited a bit more and after 10 minutes asked same question and were rewarded with the same answer. Thats ok, we waited a bit more until it was past 5 am and after that we decided to take a taxi.
We, feeling tired and hungry, got to the railwaystation, found a left luggage office, bought some mandarins, cakes and drinks and took a morning train to Galle enjoying the scenic views from seaside railroadtracks and spotting tropical beaches and also traces from the disasterous tsunami of 2004.
The flight with Spicejet was fast and pleasant. We even got free bottles of water during the flight. We landed around 2 am in Colombo and filled in the Visa papers, got stamps and picked up our luggage. For our surprice half of the airport is 24/7 shopping mall for bigger household items, like fridges, ovens, washing machines, tv's and even guitars.
Our grand plan was to leave one of our big backpacks to the luggage drop for the next 3 weeks in airport. Unfortunately this was not possible because we were lacking padlocks (how to seal a backpack with them is still a mystery to me), so they refused to take our luggage in. So we decided to take a Bus to the city and go to the railwaystation (hoping that they also have luggage drop available).
We found the bus fastly and went to sit in it. This was around 4:30 am. After waiting 10 minutes in the bus we went to ask from the driver when is the bus leaving. In 10 minutes he said. So we waited a bit more and after 10 minutes asked same question and were rewarded with the same answer. Thats ok, we waited a bit more until it was past 5 am and after that we decided to take a taxi.
We, feeling tired and hungry, got to the railwaystation, found a left luggage office, bought some mandarins, cakes and drinks and took a morning train to Galle enjoying the scenic views from seaside railroadtracks and spotting tropical beaches and also traces from the disasterous tsunami of 2004.
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