Well we bravely set out to explore Colombo on our own as Iraj was working on his Ph.D applications. Found Viharamahadevi Park (AKA Victoria Park) and walked about enjoying the greenery.
Nice gent showed us where the fruit bats were roosting - they were as big as crows, flying about in the daytime.
Nice gent showed us where the fruit bats were roosting - they were as big as crows, flying about in the daytime.
Then off to a temple. I just love how the Buddhists place flowers at the feet of the statues.
And then the adventure of finding our way home! With tuk-tuk drivers who didn't know our neighborhood and couldn't understand the way we were pronouncing the road names. Most signs are in the Sinhala alphabet - lots of circles and curlicues - and completely incomprehensible to us. Many people tried to help us. We walked a long ways in terrible heat, traffic, poor or no sidewalks, exhaust, etc. Until we finally swallowed our pride and borrowed a phone to call Iraj. Only to find we were just 2 blocks away - and had passed right by because we hadn't fixed in our visual memory what his corner looked like. We'd just gotten a bit lazy with him being our guide and forgot some of the basic rules of travel!
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