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Our driver took the Puttalam road last night after we repeatedly told him not to take it. The road was terrible. This was by far the bumpiest ride we’ve had; the bumps often lifted us out of our seats. When I saw a couple of the buses go by, people were leaning out the windows and throwing up. The driver said he took the road because it was a short cut. We’re definitely not taking this road back even if it takes a couple of extra hours.
We broke rest in Vavuniya before going further north. Eben and I slept in a really ghetto guesthouse and were eaten alive by mosquitoes. I couldn’t sleep. I opened my bag and tried covering myself up with my towel so I wouldn’t get bit. That didn’t work. Kunju ended up sleeping on a chair because he couldn’t sleep. It feels really hot out here.