After a jam and toast breakfast, we forked over the $40 for room and food. By 8:45 we were in a government bus on the way to Trincomalee. It was a fast ride on good road (but the seats were not quite big enough for my ample butt). We disembarked at 10:15 and had a 3-wheel driver take us to a close place to stay. We had thought of staying near town but the Chinese Guest House near the bus station was really disgusting.
Four kilometers north of town we found the
French Garden Rest House. It's $US 8.00 per night and directly on the beach! I had two beers for lunch and needed a long nap. Tomorrow we'll go downtown and maybe out to a point of land where there's a famous Hindu Temple.
