Neo and Diesel's Great Adventures: Meeting Friends

Got up, daddy was already up, apparently he watched the sun rise over the mountains, he said it was amazing and peaceful, mummy was still in bed thou, you can always rely on her to be in bed sleeping. We had breakfast and this morning the man made up another Sri Lankan dish for daddy to try as he loved dinner so much, its hard to describe it was like cooked rice and coconut mixed up and you then pour warm coconut milk and honey over it, I hated it, mummy and daddy liked it. Whilst mummy packed up, me and daddy went out and explored the mountain garden, which I loved they had banana and coconut trees and loads of lovely flowers. We then got in the car for a short drive to Ella fall, a lovely waterfall Chaminda said there wasn't much water as it hasn't rained very much for two months, not sure what he means we've seen more rain in Sri Lanka than the whole year in Abu Dhabi. Me, mummy and daddy decided to climb the waterfall and found a small pool half way up, me and mummy climbed up further and that was fun its a bit like the wall at mummy's old school but much bigger, plus we didn't get told off (for not using any ropes), then it was back to the car for another long drive to Yala (not to be confused with yella which is the word for faster in Arabic). I slept for most of the drive, mummy and daddy said it was gorgeous. I woke up at our new hotel 'Lakeside' at Yala which is exactly that, lots of people were swimming in the lake and river, they were also washing their clothes, which is a bit odd, I had a right paddy as mummy and daddy wouldn't let me go swimming. They did let me have a paddle, but because I didn't have the right shorts on I wasn't aloud to swim - some of the people swimming didn't have the right clothes on either but their parents let them. So we went back to the hotel and got changed then went swimming in the pool which was great, after about an hour we got out and went for lunch which was good, then went to the garden and daddy caught a lizard which was very fast and ran off before I got to hold him. Mummy decided we should go for another walk, this time we went towards the small town/village, or should that be buildings - although it was really just a few huts along a road. We crossed the road and looked in the lake and there were loads of fish, mummy had some bread and there was a step in the lake so I stood in the water then dropped the bread all around me and all the fish swam around my legs, there were so many some were also jumping out of the water to get the bread. We then continued walking down the road and came across one of the many fruit stalls at this stall there were two girls one aged 4 and one 6, mummy and daddy chatted to their uncle, mummy and daddy. The uncle gave us a banana each. Me and the girls played together I had loads of fun. Mummy was asking the man about his shop, and the saw some funny leaf things so asked the man about them, he said they are the local chewing gum, mummy then had her puzzled look on her face so the man unrolled the banana leaf to reveal four pieces of what looked like hard orange segments, something looking like hard toothpaste wrapped in newspaper, to eat it you rip off a bit of the leaf, rub on some of the paste, and get a piece of the orange thing, put it all in your mouth and chew, daddy said it tasted weird and made his mouth numb, after chewing it you have to spit it out. Daddy always tells me to try and swallow lots of new things - even if I don't like it, I'm not allowed to spit it out, then he goes and does it. Then we went and looked at the girls school, which is very small (looks more like a horse stable) not like mummy's school. We then walked back to see my friends (the girls) and I even went on a bike ride with them and their mummy, before returning to the hotel for the night.