I wanted to visit the sandbar that connects Sri Lanka to India, called Adam's Bridge, but it turned out to be another one of those Lost Quests that I am so apt to going on.
First, you have to go all the way across Mannar Island to Thallaimannar (prounounced Tally Mannar) and ask the Navy to take you there in a boat.
I messed this up the first day. I got off at some random place, then couldn't find the navy (and I searched for over an hour), so I went back home and fooled around on the internet (on my cell phone, lol, there were no internet cafes, which is why I haven't been able to update).
I decided to stay around one more day and try again. This time I got to the navy, but they tried charging me about 6 times what I was told (my guidebook said 600 rupees; the navy said 3600 rupees, which is about $30).
I was kind of torqued out by that. I came all that way, twice, and I didn't even have that much money ON me. I really wanted to see the damn sandbar.
So, basically, I wasted like 2 days in Mannar.
You get to pass through a barren plane, an evil forest, and an outlandish graveyard, but this in no way shape or form makes up for the Lost Quest for Adam's Bridge.
First, you have to go all the way across Mannar Island to Thallaimannar (prounounced Tally Mannar) and ask the Navy to take you there in a boat.
I messed this up the first day. I got off at some random place, then couldn't find the navy (and I searched for over an hour), so I went back home and fooled around on the internet (on my cell phone, lol, there were no internet cafes, which is why I haven't been able to update).
I decided to stay around one more day and try again. This time I got to the navy, but they tried charging me about 6 times what I was told (my guidebook said 600 rupees; the navy said 3600 rupees, which is about $30).
I was kind of torqued out by that. I came all that way, twice, and I didn't even have that much money ON me. I really wanted to see the damn sandbar.
So, basically, I wasted like 2 days in Mannar.
You get to pass through a barren plane, an evil forest, and an outlandish graveyard, but this in no way shape or form makes up for the Lost Quest for Adam's Bridge.
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THE EVIL FOREST
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