Sunday 27th May 2012 - leaving Nilaveli to go to Arugam Bay

Today I decided to leave Nilaveli. Despite being so beautiful, the wind for the last couple of days has made it very difficult to enjoy the beach. Apparently the wind is supposed to settle in the next couple of weeks so maybe I will come back if I have nothing else to do.  I called Mohan and asked him to drop me to the bus station. He insisted on making me eat before dropping me and bought me a big bottle of water to take on the bus.  The bus driver told me that it would only take 3hours to get to Arugam Bay so you can imagine how ecstatic I was to arrive 8hours and 3 buses later. I wasn't expecting such a long journey and to make matters worse, for around 4 hours I was on one bus cramped in the corner at the back on the bus unable to put my feet on the floor because I had been pushed into the seat behind my backpack! When the bus stopped for a break I made sure that I moved over so that I was next to my bag and not behind it because my legs were killing me. Still matters weren't any better because the two ladies and two children next to me decided to buy these orangey yellowy fruit things that look like m&ms and were eating them and spitting the seed on my feet! Firstly that is nasty because I don't want some random person's spit covered seeds on me but also, is it really difficult to put the damn seeds in a bag and put them in a bin. It really doesn't look too attractive either - male or female! I really don't understand this about a lot of the Sri Lankans - they not only spit their seeds all over the floor on the buses, they also eat roasted monkey nuts and throw the shells everywhere, and worse still throw all their rubbish on the streets not only from the bus but just in general - a lot of the people don't respect the environment and throw their rubbish everywhere. Beaches have litter everywhere in most places in Asia and it is usually the locals that are the culprits.  Ok so enough of my rant! So after eating loads of these yellowy fruit things the little girl starts feeling sick and vomits twice!! Sexyyyy!!! The lady then leans over me with the vomit filled bag and throws it out of the window causing a backspray of vomit to land on my arm. It's all an experience right?!! Anyway, I arrived at Pottuvil and caught a tuk tuk to the lonely planet recommended guesthouse - Beach Hut. My tuk tuk driver was recommending somewhere else insisting that I stay there instead but I was adamant that I was going to stay at Beach Hut because of the great things I had read. It was dark by the time we arrived at Beach Hut and pretty scary walking around these beach side huts with little light. To my tuk tuk driver's dismay, I settled for a cabana for Rs.500 but said that if I wasn't happy then I would let him know and change places. The cabana was perched in the trees on the beach and had just a bed with a mosquito net and a table with a fan. To my dismay the fan was not working so I had to sleep with the windows wide open. The atmosphere at Beach Hut was great and the waiters were really friendly. A couple from Denmark started talking to me which was cool but then other people came along and it was very cliquey so I just left and went to bed. I had been sleeping for maybe 20minutes when I heard a rustling noise coming from under the window next to the table. I turned the torch on my phone on and shone it in the direction of the noise and realised it sounded like it was coming from my bag. I kept watching for a few minutes when to my complete shock a rat jumped out over my bag. I then thought oh no, my zip must be open! I then reached over to my bag and pulled it when there was "squeal squeal squeal" and three rats jumped out. I had not left my bag open but they had bitten holes in my bag to get to an open bag of devilled gram (chilli chickpeas) that were inside. I couldn't believe it. I picked up my bag, scared that some rats were going to jump out at me, and reached in and pulled out the bag of food and threw it straight out the open window. I was still scared the rats might try and come so I brought the bag onto the bed with me and put the mosquito net tightly around the bed and tried to go back to sleep. I then keep feeling irritating sensations on my body so I turn on my light and see red ants on the bed with me - some small, some big. I took my water bottle and started squashing them! I was laying back down for maybe ten more minutes when I felt something on my leg. I jumped up and saw a frikin rat!!! The nasty vermin was crawling on me over the mosquito net obviously trying to get to my bag again. I wanted nothing more than to leave that damn hotel!!! I jumped up and turned on the light and then slept with it on all night - I alWso texted the tuk tuk driver saying I wanted to leave this hotel the next morning.