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She said she would call her driver and get a quote.  It all worked out in the end, but paying for the tour became a major nightmare due to the price &#8211; which wasn&#8217;t that bad by Western standards, but converted into Sri Lankan Rupees made it sound astronomical.  ATMs wouldn&#8217;t pay out that much in a day, and I couldn&#8217;t find an American Express office to cash a check.  Finally, after much scheming to pay for it, I noticed a Visa \/ MasterCard machine under their front desk &#8211; even though I had already specifically asked if they took any credit cards (No! They said).  So, after a lot of headache running around about yet another issue, it was all easily resolved with a credit card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flight from Singapore to Colombo, Sri Lanka After a 2 am arrival at my hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in which my driver had to repeatedly ring the doorbell to wake up the night watchman, I arose to find a nice buffet breakfast waiting for me downstairs as part of the deal. 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