Errands (New Years 05 - Jan 10)

Of course the tsunami was not the reason people had come to Sri Lanka, so various plans were in motion. A lot of students that were here, were leaving within a week, so there were attempts to merge trips and share vans to get things done quickly and cheap. Time isn't so much a factor for me, so I was just going with the flow.

The flow took me to Jaffna Town, New Year's 2005, asleep on a floor with mosquito coil that kept extinguishing itself. The bites are bad, but the whining in your ear, that's what keeps you awake (insert obvious joke here).

Anyway, this post will be short(er) and sweet. I'm writing this on Jan. 10 evening after a day of rest (king coconut water + fenugreek == homemade immodium)(I've added bowel movements, BMs if you will, to my list of things I freely talk about now)

In VVT we saw some coastal damage, but it was basically only places that were a hundred feet or so from the water. Nothing like the upwards of 2km of damage inland in some other regions. A few fishing boats here were thrown around and destroyed.



Zoomed in. Too lazy to walk.



This is my usually shower & laundry facilities. Mercifully, western style toilets are available occasionally. And if they're not, I hold it. (More than you cared to know? Too bad, you read it already)



Lately I've been going to bed really early and thus, as some proverb goes, I rose early. I went outside to see if I could take any cool night or sunrise shots. I didn't hear a thing, then all of a sudden I sense something behind me. Cows. Two of them. And by time I powered up my camera, this cow, if my udderstanding of cow is correct, was taunting me. The cow had startled me, but when I saw this picture, I was really freaked out.



Nothin to say 'bout this one, just think it's purty.



Reuben's coming in a little over a day, and thanks to my little setback, I've yet to plan our week of traveling.

Sri Lanka