Quick note: I don't have much time to post for real, so I will edit and add at some point. but here is a recap for the time being:
Hooray, we made it to Sri Lanka. We arrived at 4:00- great time to start traveling... or not. On our first day we went to visit Kandy- a city in the center of Sri Lanka. The scenery was very similar to the the one I have seen last year in south east Asia- Coconuts, pineapples, trees etc.
We are a group of 8 people- my parents, little sister, my uncle Shimon and his wife Rachel, and my aunt Nurit and her husband Richi (and me. I guess). We visited a culture show which, I must say, wans't a huge hit BUT- and that goes to all of you who know Hebrew- we saw people HOLCHIM AL GECHALIM! now that was cool. Afterwards we went to see a temple and heard a lot about the Buddhism and the history of Sri Lanka by our tour guy Roy.
After basically crashing to bed we woke up and went to see an elephant orphanage. now that was just cool! We saw how they feed them with milk-the mommy elephant was standing near by and couldn't swallow- so it sort of seemed like she was dancing the disco, and sad as it was, it seemed kind of funny. then we went to see the herd going to the river. It was very nice, and we saw a blind elephant which was led by a guy and tied so he wouldn't get hurt, and a TRUMPELPIL- an Elephant with a missing leg. Maybe that is a good time to point out the fact that one of nickname at home is "Elephant" since, well, I'm not all that graceful and should I say- super clumsy. So I had to take a picture with an actual elephant. I found it amusing..
later my dad and my sister insisted on riding elephants- and so we did. The official excuse my dad gave- "I'm doing it for my grandchildren". Yeah, right. It was fun though- Nili and I rode and elephant named "Nona". She was very cute and splashed quite a lot. we are thinking of adopting her and writing a musical about it. It'll be a hit for sure.
later we got back to Colombo and spent the (sort of )night there- we had to get up at 4:00 (awwwww) to get to out flight to whatever-way-they-spell-it-but-it-is-called Trivnadrum in India. We made all right- we all got a real kick out of seeing the head movement the Indians make. The cooler part is having Shimon and Nurit, my dad's sibling, communicating fluently in Mali-Alam, the language spoken in Kerala (the province in which we are staying). The ironic thing is that out of all Three my dad was the only one who actually remembers India from his childhood, but he doesn't speak Mali Alam all that well. If you ask me it sound more like people mumbling with their tongues.
Anyhow I have to leave now and hand the computer to my darling sister. will add more at some point.
Shavua tov!
Hooray, we made it to Sri Lanka. We arrived at 4:00- great time to start traveling... or not. On our first day we went to visit Kandy- a city in the center of Sri Lanka. The scenery was very similar to the the one I have seen last year in south east Asia- Coconuts, pineapples, trees etc.
We are a group of 8 people- my parents, little sister, my uncle Shimon and his wife Rachel, and my aunt Nurit and her husband Richi (and me. I guess). We visited a culture show which, I must say, wans't a huge hit BUT- and that goes to all of you who know Hebrew- we saw people HOLCHIM AL GECHALIM! now that was cool. Afterwards we went to see a temple and heard a lot about the Buddhism and the history of Sri Lanka by our tour guy Roy.
After basically crashing to bed we woke up and went to see an elephant orphanage. now that was just cool! We saw how they feed them with milk-the mommy elephant was standing near by and couldn't swallow- so it sort of seemed like she was dancing the disco, and sad as it was, it seemed kind of funny. then we went to see the herd going to the river. It was very nice, and we saw a blind elephant which was led by a guy and tied so he wouldn't get hurt, and a TRUMPELPIL- an Elephant with a missing leg. Maybe that is a good time to point out the fact that one of nickname at home is "Elephant" since, well, I'm not all that graceful and should I say- super clumsy. So I had to take a picture with an actual elephant. I found it amusing..
later my dad and my sister insisted on riding elephants- and so we did. The official excuse my dad gave- "I'm doing it for my grandchildren". Yeah, right. It was fun though- Nili and I rode and elephant named "Nona". She was very cute and splashed quite a lot. we are thinking of adopting her and writing a musical about it. It'll be a hit for sure.
later we got back to Colombo and spent the (sort of )night there- we had to get up at 4:00 (awwwww) to get to out flight to whatever-way-they-spell-it-but-it-is-called Trivnadrum in India. We made all right- we all got a real kick out of seeing the head movement the Indians make. The cooler part is having Shimon and Nurit, my dad's sibling, communicating fluently in Mali-Alam, the language spoken in Kerala (the province in which we are staying). The ironic thing is that out of all Three my dad was the only one who actually remembers India from his childhood, but he doesn't speak Mali Alam all that well. If you ask me it sound more like people mumbling with their tongues.
Anyhow I have to leave now and hand the computer to my darling sister. will add more at some point.
Shavua tov!
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