Banana Garden
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A thousand words
There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...
So Long Ceylon
... Being unable to produce enough small bill s in exchange for a larger denomination is a tragic national epidemic. Pretty much any restaurant, shop, hotel, driver, whatever, will be extremely exasperated when you try to pay with a bill larger than the total due. Often they have to go down the street and find another vendor to break the bill for them. In Arugam Bay no one would want to part with change for a 1000 RP note (about 7 bucks) that ...
Im off again
... with people and my backpack is precariouly perched on the front seat.Now 2 things strike me-one if the bus crashes we are dead since there would be no chance of escaping because of the mass of humanity and secondly if someone steals the backpack which by the way is not worth anything and just has a minimal amount in it-I have no chance of catching the thief as it would take me 1/2 hour to get off and he would be long gone and wearing one of my shirts that ...
Unawatuna surfing and birthdays
... and Estela sat on the balcony and snapped pictures of me. The waves were small and crumbly and destroyed by an onshore wind, but it didn’t matter much. It had been seven months since I had been out surfing and it felt good to realize that I was still able to catch a wave, especially on an ancient surfboard.
The next day I saw some locals out at the point when the tide was higher and a slightly larger swell had rounded into the bay. I got ...
Paradise and the Festival of the Plastic Bowls
... according to any tuktuk driver is a dangerous and hazardous experience best done in a tuktuk but primarily in their tuktuk. Buses come irregularly or not at all due to the many, many holidays that bus drivers apparently have. Why not take their tuktuk as they are going there themselves to see a friend, doctor, child, widow, sick cat etc, and as they are going there anyway it’ll be free of charge as “I’m a Sri Lankan tuktuk driver with a big ...
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