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Arriving in Sri Lanka with a band of flying idiots
... of weeks we left the yacht almost every day. We drove around the local streets, went to visit neighboring villages, and took hikes in the countryside. At night we would hear shelling and in the mornings we would see the results of the bombing attacks. One day I saw a bus stop I had visited the previous day turned into a crater overnight. It was not a very safe place to be, but we really couldn’t help ourselves.
Later we moved our yacht down to Galle, on the ...
Hello Sri Lanka!
... sold in several shops. Christmas is a holiday here and people from all religions seem to get into the spirit in some way.
John and I debated whether or not to visit Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city, however I'm glad we did. Given its size and importance I think its part of getting to know Sri Lanka. Overall our impression was positive, but we were also glad to head into the heart of the country after two days of urban life.
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The smiling buddha...(no irony intented)
... next to him. I actually
didn't see this but the wife was sleeping, leaning on to the guy with
her head resting on his shoulder…I saw his head moving that side just
for a sec…So I reckoned he kissed her. A dark haired lady who was
sitting across the hall with well manicured fingernails, in a saffron
'Om Om' kurtha, a Punjabi salwar, with a lot of glass bangles n chains
and the salwar ...
Indulging in Sri Lanka
... into the drive, I asked the driver if we were close to the Temple of the Tooth yet, and he looked at me like I was crazy. Apparently Pizza Hut is perched on the same intersection as the infamous shrine that houses one of Buddha's teeth (though it is disputed whether or not the three-inch tooth is really Buddha's tooth, or a Buffalo tooth). The driver thought our extended lunch had included a jaunt inside the temple. In the end, the driver took us back to the temple, where ...
Arriving in Sri Lanka
... at the booth. Finally he left and I got some quick quotes to discuss with Debbie. Soon as I returned to her, he was there demanding to know what price I'd received. As politely as I could manage, I declined. His aggressive air of entitlement actually nudged me to book a tour with his competition just to spite him.
We signed up for an eight night romp around the interior, catching most of the major tourist sites. ...



