(thank you to Annie Holmes for the clever title!)
Here is a continued list of the things I love about Sri Lanka:
-cows roaming the street
-elephant poo on the sidewalk
-little girls with short hair
-monks on motorcycles
-curry, three meals a day
-string hoppers with dahl and spicy coconut
-15 people crammed into a three-wheeled tuk-tuk
-an entire family packed onto one motorbike
-traffic 5 cars wide on a two lane road
-children shouting "hello"
-being called "madam"
-locals trying to speak english
-baby lizards and frogs in the bathroom
-my host: bringing watermellon to my room
-my blue, lace-trimmed mosquito net
-all the dogs look the exact same
-monks at the train station
-road-side buddha shrines every half mile
-men with Disney Princess briefcases
-grown men holding hands in public
-umbrellas in rain and sun
-tourist wearing saris
-the jingle of elephant chains on the street
-little baby bananas
-tree frogs (plural) in a hotel bathroom
-giant, dog-sized bats (called "flying foxes")
-komodo dragons
-monkeys, as abundant (and obnoxious) as squirrels in the US
-the snake man in Pinnawala and his big snake, Barbara
-black tea with lots of sugar
-hearing Akon "I wanna make love" on Sri Lankan TV
-getting into deep conversations with locals about caste
-buddha posters with flashing colored lights
-tacky plastic posters with babys on them (I still dont understand...)
This will be my last post in Sri Lanka, and my last post at all for a few weeks. I leave for Nepal tomorrow, and I wont have computer access while I am hiking the Annapurna circuit. I must say, I am sad to leave Sri Lanka. But I am really looking forward to my adventures in Nepal! So bye for now. Namaste!
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