Talk about wake!

This morning I was about to leave and take a tuk tuk to the Golden Mount when the receptionist told me about a canal round the corner which cost 30 cents and would take me there. Always game to try something new, I walked alongside the canal until I found a boarding point. Hoping I was headed in the right direction, I paid my money to one of the guys in blue who hang on the side, and off we went.

They speed down the canal creating a 2 to 3 foot high wake, and the plastic curtains are to prevent you getting wet. It was quite an experience as getting on and off was quite difficult and it seemed to be every man for himself. Safely ashore I noticed a young man who turned out to be Pakistani looking at a map, and asked if he new which direction for the Mount. He did not, but made the comment that maybe I was a little old to be traveling alone. I said that would depend on how old he thought I was. After looking me up and down he said 55, and was shocked when I said 66. At that point I think he really thought I should not be alone!