iiii DON'T want kandy! bumbumpbabumpbump.
do you ever find that you're really not liking something but you're not sure if it's the thing itself or just your own attitude that's the problem? such is my problem with sri lanka. we've had some bad luck, mishaps, cons, theft, hassles... i swear that per square foot, sri lanka has more touts than india! i swear it! also, people are fascinated with my lip ring here more than anywhere else i've been. ok. i understand that it's an uncommon thing to see but WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? i'd estimate getting asked 5 times aday what it is. the pointing and staring cannot possibly be counted. and why do people make the special point of telling me that they don't like it? if you don't like it, get out of my face and stop staring at it!
whoo. simmer down natalie.
colombo was quite dramatic- a giant city barreling outwards, only to teeter at the edge of the crashing ocean, almost ready to fall in. i spent a day walking around that included pelicans, a giant monitor lizard and a rather uncomfortable walk through a poor muslim neighbourhood while trying to find a mosque.
we've been in the hills for the past week in a city called kandy.this city seems to endlessly create errands just as you finish your last errands. it is an evil errand alchemy. i've been here a week and barely done anything. all of my plans have been thwarted by broken umbrellas, pre-monsoon rains, leeches, couples making out behind trees, and sunday closing times. i want to see the baby elephants! why can't i see the baby elephants?
i shouldn't really complain though. eben has had much worse luck, getting his money and travellers cheques stolen out of our guesthouse. we left our room unlocked for 10 minutes while downstairs brushing our teeth. the guesthouse is run by a buddhist monk as a place for pilgrims. all of my stuff was lying out on the floor but was luckily untouched. as i said, they only had a few minutes to grab and go. sigh.
tomorrow my indian visa will be in my hand and i can leave this accursed place. into the beautiful rolling green mountains and then down to the southern beaches. fruit here is amazing. i just keep telling myself that it can redeem almost anything. there is nothing like a sweet sweet mangosteen to take the bitter taste out of your mouth.
whoo. simmer down natalie.
colombo was quite dramatic- a giant city barreling outwards, only to teeter at the edge of the crashing ocean, almost ready to fall in. i spent a day walking around that included pelicans, a giant monitor lizard and a rather uncomfortable walk through a poor muslim neighbourhood while trying to find a mosque.
we've been in the hills for the past week in a city called kandy.this city seems to endlessly create errands just as you finish your last errands. it is an evil errand alchemy. i've been here a week and barely done anything. all of my plans have been thwarted by broken umbrellas, pre-monsoon rains, leeches, couples making out behind trees, and sunday closing times. i want to see the baby elephants! why can't i see the baby elephants?
i shouldn't really complain though. eben has had much worse luck, getting his money and travellers cheques stolen out of our guesthouse. we left our room unlocked for 10 minutes while downstairs brushing our teeth. the guesthouse is run by a buddhist monk as a place for pilgrims. all of my stuff was lying out on the floor but was luckily untouched. as i said, they only had a few minutes to grab and go. sigh.
tomorrow my indian visa will be in my hand and i can leave this accursed place. into the beautiful rolling green mountains and then down to the southern beaches. fruit here is amazing. i just keep telling myself that it can redeem almost anything. there is nothing like a sweet sweet mangosteen to take the bitter taste out of your mouth.
posted by natalie at 7:52 AM
6 Comments:
you mentioned leeches again!!
oh and i totally lost your new email address again!! what's it? what's it?
monkey
hey natalie
mangosteens are really really good. i wrote a paper on them. and then i ate them in cambodia and they are much more delicious than in victoria's chinatown.
when i think of india it makes me tired. but i miss it. eben wants me to bring him skittles. tell him i will bring him skittles if he buys me a bunch of cd's. i think my package got lost.
ah!
ok, bye lady.
all i have to say to that is ..."i am a banaaana"
can't we juat all bananas if we want too?
for otherwise there is nothing to say but "my Spoon is to big" and that just not quite as good....
Interesting website with a lot of resources and detailed explanations.
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