Velassaru, Day 2

TV alarm at 7.30 am again.  'Dancing with the Stars'.  Must work out how to turn it off!

Because it was a grey morning, we decided to start our day off with  a session in the Velassaru gym.  It's the best equipped gym we've come across this trip.  I spent most of the time running on a treadmill.

After breakfast I headed to the library to catch up on this blog.  They have a couple of iMacs in there and a PC.  I had only intended to spend an hour working on the blog, but in the end I got carried away and took much longer.  Amber didn't mind, she was happily reading out on the sun deck despite the cloudy weather.

We gave up on the sunbathing and took the camera to the library to have a look through the photos from Sri Lanka.  There are some great shots in there, even if I do say so myself.  We borrowed the Cameron Diaz film 'Bad Teacher' from the library as we left, just in case the weather stayed rubbish.

The weather wasn't improving any, so we went for a tapas lunch at the Chill Bar, cuddled up in the safety of one of their lounge pods to protect ourselves from the strong wind.  The croquetas de jamon were excellent.

We decided to give up hope of there being any more sunshine and confined ourselves to our room to watch the final episode of 'Californication' (what a brilliant show that is) followed by 'Bad Teacher'.

After our TV session I decided we needed some fresh air, so we went for a sunset dip in the lovely infinity pool.  The water was perfect and the sun even made a brief appearance.

It was quite funny because we saw a woman who, with sunglasses on, was the spitting image of our friend Carolyn.  She even had a tattoo in the same location on her right shoulder blade.

We'd reserved a table at Teppanyaki for 7.45 pm.  This time we sat inside, right in front of one of the chefs, who had just returned from holidaying back home in Sri Lanka.  He was in good spirits and produced a wonderful dinner for us: an amazing sushi platter followed by teriyaki chicken for Amber and spiny lobster for me.  Outstanding!

The hotel had arranged a showing of 'Water for Elephants' on a big screen right on the beach.  Amazing to watch a film under the stars, with the sea lapping at the shore.  The staff even brought round little bowls of popcorn.  Definitely an experience to remember.  The film was pretty good too!