Tuk from the lake to Peradeniya at 11 - still a real hop or the drivers all went inland

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Itziar Soler262 rep

We are not sleeping in Peradeniya. We are not comparing a 10.30 overnight to a 7am gardens tuk. Friend's bag is still at a house past the gardens gate. We need a lake-to-Peradeniya hop at 11. Apps looked ordinary half an hour ago for three streets. Is 11pm still a tuk on the lake or did they all go inland when the relic went in.

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An 11pm lake pin is a tired-driver problem (1,749). Old Peradeniya Road was a published corridor during the loop, not a promise it is a taxi rank at 23:00. I cannot swear whether any named app still has a car on the lake at 22:52. If a quote appears, pin inland of leftover cones, check the plate, cash as the app says. No invented fare. If nothing comes, the bag waits until morning.

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Kasun Pathirana1440 rep1

Walk inland one street and hail there if you must. Do not start a hop on a cone line. Loud horns were banned during - still do not horn the precinct.

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Chamari Liyanage1260 rep1

Lake was empty of tuks at 10.55. Inland had one. We left the bag. Morning was cheaper on the nerves. No invented fare.

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Nomvelo Dlamini247 rep1

Leaving the bag. Not hailing on a cone line. Morning is cheaper on the nerves.

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