We've all been to sri lanka now! I went trincomalee-sigiriya-colombo-negombo and it was like a dream.
Trincomalee especially, only a few years past bombs and tidal waves, is a bare but beautiful reminder of how the land retains memories. Of course, most tourists there don't have a clue. The sea there is just so beautiful that it's hard to turn your back to it. But one morning we found ourselves chatting with Sajeeth Khan, a boatman and snorkelling guide, who told us stories about his 5 months in LTTE custody and close-range details of genocide in the area. His almost poetic Tamil ("time of the moon" is night, for example) was being washed away by the sound of waves, above us it was the noon sun, and all the stories he told us seemed so unreal. As if he was reciting a poem on tv, with a lot of static. Crazy. After a while the sun bathers flipped like eggs on a pan. Our skin was burning so we said goodbye and went to find some shade.
I wish I had spent some more time in Colombo. Tell me what it was like? I want to go back for a longer time.
