I arrived in Sri Lanka a few days ago with my friend D and her family; having boarded the plane in freezing Sydney it was a bit of a shock stepping out of the airport in Colombo, where even in the middle of the night the humidity and heat were overwhelming. It's been a period of firsts: tuktuks, spices, fruits and also sights.
In the half hour drive between the airport and the house we're staying in in Colombo I became aware of a few things:
-road rules exist on paper, not in practice;
-street dogs and cows are common;
-signs of religion are visible everywhere.
Back to my list of firsts, despite my ever-present fear of roads and vehicles I really enjoyed the tuktuk experience (convenient really, since we have been using them a lot). The driving is a bit haphazard but thankfully the traffic means that no one can drive fast enough for it to be scary. Crossing the roads, on the other hand, feels like it could be the last thing you ever do...
There are lots of tropical fruits here that we don't get back home -
-Papaya
-Rambutan
-Orange Coconut
-Little Bananas
-Supersweet Pineapple
More to come soon....
