cricket

Cricket is the most popular sport in Sri Lanka. We have seen kids in fields and streets playing it, like football is in many other countries. But we had no idea how to play. Luckily that all ended today when we learned a tiny bit about the game. Our host is originally from the UK, a huge cricket fan and was happy to "school us". First up - how to hold the bat to protect the wicket.

is one the loneliest number?

We knew we would be visiting Sri Lanka in the off season. It was just the timing of our route from Turkey to Thailand. During our time here we have felt like the one family from out of town (we know we aren't, but we haven't seen many travelers). It was pretty lonely when we were faced with torrential rains and storms. It didn't make it a bad experience, it just got us wondering if we were idiots to come in the off season. Thankfully when we ended up in the south the sun appeared and our off seasonness started to pay off.

learning

Living in the mountains for five days created many different learning opportunities for our family. We landed at a rustic guesthouse with a giant covered terrace perched on the side of the mountain. While there we watched all possible weather systems come alive from fog rolling in, lightning striking, pounding rain and power outages. All while hearing about a cyclone off the coast of Sri Lanka, a hurricane in the US and an earthquake and possible tsunami on the westcoast of Canada.
We decided with the changing, cooler weather that this would be a good spot to work on school, and learn other things about the surrounding area.