Was going through the Kottu Blogroll this morning after a lapse of probably a year or more. Found some interesting posts from a lot of blogs I’ve never read before & noticed that for some reason my blog is still listed there, quite surprised to be honest given that I haven’t posted anything in months. There’s not been much to report to be honest. Nothing out of the ordinary.
I haven’t been out of Colombo for quite a few months & that’s not great news given how limited your options can be on a boring saturday afternoon in Colombo. The last time was probably Wasgamuwa, which turned out to be everything I would ever want out of ”getting out of Colombo”. The drive was spectacular, especially the stretch beyond Dabulla to wasgamuwa, where there were quite a few breathtaking straights with high mountains on either side & the early evening sunlight somehow finding its way onto the road in front of us. We also managed to see about 300 elephants after spending 2 whole days inside the park. The fact that all 300 elephants were seen in a brief 20 minute period didn’t dampen the spirits of my Eco friendly friends who thought that they had witnessed the second coming of the messiah. But really, I sort of understood what they felt, even though I didn’t feel the same way. I was just glad that the 2 days weren’t an absolute waste of time & I could proudly tell my mother ”we saw 300 elephants”. (Explaining why we didn’t see any elephants in Wasgamuwa after 2 days inside the park to my mother would have been a painful process). Back at the bungalow I managed to walk across a paddy field which was due to be prepared for sowing in the coming weeks & I found myself at the foot of what looked like a eucalyptus tree with a tree house on top. ”Pal rekeema sadaha Yoda gamu lebe”. It overlooked an expanse of paddy fields which stretched as far as the horizon, ( no really… it did), and it apparently went all the way up to the banks of the mahaweli river which was miles away. It would have been the ideal place/moment to light up a J. It would have also guaranteed that I fell off the tree instead of climbing down since the entire structure was so unstable & made scary creaking sounds the whole time as the hot/dry wind blew the tree from side to side. I seriously wouldn’t mind if my current office relocated to Wasgamuwa, I doubt I’d want to be a farmer like many of the locals, but I certainly wouldn’t mind spending more time in that sort of surroundings.
I tried to do another Mirissa weekend in january. So i rang up Sunil the owner of the small guess house i usually stay at for just 2500rs a night & 3500rs with air conditioning, (i usually skip the ac). I was a bit shocked to find out that he was block booked up until march & a non ac room was going at US$95. So much for Mirissa… I’m still kind of paying off some credit card debt so that was just too much of a stretch.
Hopefully I will enjoy posting on this blog again, this was certainly enjoyable. But it’s just that there’s beenlittle that’s note worthy to write about.
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