Sitting at a restaurant.
Sign says “There is a Complain Book to note your suggestions and or
Complains.” I want to be the proofreader
to the world!
Saw a man on the beach with a big kite. The wind was strong enough that it would lift
him off the ground and made handling the kite virtually impossible. He quickly took it down and went off. Later, I saw that it was actually a
kiteboarding kite and he was skimming across the ocean!
It is nice to see young lovers on the beach. These young people are not making out, but are
cuddling and being close. In Kuwait, there should be no romantic
exhibitions in public. Here in Sri
Lanka, it is merely a fact of life….just like back home. BUT I should also say that there was a
prostitution ring in Kuwait that was recently broken. Damn those Filipinos! LOL
Bathrooms in Sri Lanka are very similar to ones found in
Kuwait. Depending on where you are, you
might find a squatter. Also, they use
sprayers to clean. One woman told me that using the sprayer is much cleaner than using tissue. That might be, but I cannot tell you how icky the bathrooms are when water gets sprayed all over! I cannot figure out
how to use the sprayer, so I make sure to carry tissue all the time because
some toilets don’t have toilet paper. A
girl doesn’t want to be caught unprepared!
Oh, wait, I’m not a Girl Scout…..well, I’m prepared anyway! Here is a photo of my bathroom in my apartment,
so you will see the sprayer:
I don’t have to keep my eyes down all the time when I’m
walking down the street. The people
here are very friendly and the men will look you in the eye and say hello,
unlike in Kuwait.
It’s the 21st and I still haven’t tried to haggle
with anyone. I just pay the price they
ask. It is such a poor place and I feel
like I have so much, that I don’t begrudge their prices, which are reasonable
enough. What I hate, though, is that
you can’t just want down the street and look at shops. Some of the storekeepers just won’t let you
be. And then there are the beggars. I feel so sorry for the ones who are
physically disabled (and I mean really in bad shape) and want to give them
money, but then where do you draw the line?
I can’t give everyone money.
It’s a sad state of affairs
12/21 Today I got a
tub from housekeeping in which to do laundry.
I moved a drying rack out onto the balcony, but it’s so humid here I am
afraid that it will take days for my clothes to dry! Today I walked 2.2 miles (appx) to Negombo
town itself because Nikki wanted to shop.
We ate a traditional lunch of rice and curry (R350 – cheap!) and then
went to one shop before Nikki gave up!
LOL Made me laugh! I told her that shopping with her was no
fun! We caught a tuc tuc back to the
hotel, where I have been vegetating ever since!
When we go out for dinner in the evening, it doesn’t matter
what restaurant we are in, groups of little boys come around costumed up
singing “Jingle Bells” looking for donations.
It could be their way of contributing to the family income, a form of
entertainment, or a way to get some spending loot.
You know you’re in Sri Lanka when your waiter serves you in
bare feet (and I don’t mean yours!).
There are lots of bare feet here, lots of flip flops and sandals, and
fewer full shoes. Of course, we are in
the tropics!
12/25 Watched several young men kiteboarding in the strong
wind today! The wind moved them along
very quickly and every once in awhile lifted them out of the water so it looked
like they were flying! Were offered a
catamaran ride but decided against it since we were going to be on the water
for a goodly portion of the next day taking our canal/river/lagoon trip.
It's interesting that the family car here seems to be a motorcycle. The dad drives with one small child in front of him and the mother rides behind holding a baby in a bundle! This is a common scene. There are many old bicycles....lots of them as old as me! You see many bikes with a pedaler and a rider. Getting good exercise, I guess. Cars are not a common sight.
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