"SRI LANKS" - DEC. 28-30

Boo - the last few days of the trip. Lal had left us and we were now on an "itinerary-free" vacation. So - what to do? Here's what we got up to in the absence of "a plan":

* With TWO sickies now (yes, Emily caught whatever Colleen had!), there was a lot of gingerale, bed rest, and sleeping! I was worried of catching it too, but Phil told me it was all psychological and to "suck it up". So I did.

* Why stop at 10 postcards when you can stop at 20? Yes! We returned to the shop across the street to purchase MORE postcards for those at home! I love writing postcards - mostly because I LOVE getting mail myself :)

* Wine. We drank some.



* The hotel varied from its usual buffet dinner and held a romantic barbecue under the stars. The food was delicious and the band played some catchy music!

* The invention of LATOYA by the pool. Ah - that was a nice afternoon with Em. It felt like old times. I remember thinking "NO! I don't want the 30th to come!!!". The dread of saying goodbye was starting to set in.

* What's a trip without souvenirs?! We had a list of peeps to purchase for and trekked out more days than one to find the perfect gift for each! Of course, we bought a thing or two for ourselves along the way....like the beautiful Buddhist paintings that will be going above our bed!

* The brownie. Yes, it makes the blog. It only lasted for ten minutes, but it was the most delicious brownie I've ever had. And I shared it with Gemily! Em - seriously! How good was that brownie?! DE-LISH!



* Phil learned to surf! The first day he went without a cheering squad, but the second day I came as the activity photographer! It looked really hard, but he managed to get up with little trouble at all! Well, there were those few times when the waves pulled him under and didn't let him up for many seconds later (I almost ran in...), but overall, it wasn't so scary for a wife to watch! WAY TO GO PHIL!

* Ah - the farewell. ICK. Why do all good things have to come to an end? And it wasn't like we had to say goodbye to one friend, we now had to say goodbye to THREE - Emily, Colleen, and Lal. We also had to say "ayubowan" to the country itself that had welcomed us with TEA, SUNSHINE, and GREENERY for our Christmas holidays.



Thank you SRI LANKS, you were very good to us!

SRI LANKS?! YES THANKS!!!!!!!! I wish you all the opportunity to visit this incredible place :)