Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Part of the Jetwing Blue hotel complex, Cafe J is a sunny, open-plan street-side cafe and
juice bar (it also sells stronger tipples). With its poppy Western coffeeshop vibes it's about
as far removed from a typical Sri Lankan working man's tea shop as you can get.
Information
There are numerous internet and telephone offices scattered along Lewis Pl and Porutota
Rd, as well as near the bus and train stations. If this is your first stop in Sri Lanka, hotels
can fix you up with guides and drivers for trips elsewhere in the country.
Bank of Ceylon
BANK
In the centre of town; with ATM.
Post Office
POST OFFICE
This post office is in the centre of town.
Tourist Police
POLICE
At the northern end of the hotel strip, the tourist police should be your first port of call in
an emergency.
Getting There & Away
Central Transport Board (CTB), private and intercity express buses run between Negombo
town and Saunders Pl, Colombo (regular/air-con Rs 57/100, one to two hours, every 20
minutes). A faster bus goes via the new highway (Rs 150). Long queues form at the bus
station on weekend evenings, when daytrippers return to the capital. There are also trains
to Colombo (2nd/3rd class Rs 70/40, two hours), but they're slower and rarer than the
buses.
For Kandy, buses run between 4.30am and 5.15pm every hour (Rs 153); the journey
takes from three to four hours.
