sri lanka

having spent a fantastic week in sri lanka, i got back to blightly on monday with a tan, hangover and delightful dose of delhi belhi

after spending the first few days on the beaches at unawatuna, we hired a driver for a tour of the island's interior. we visited the tea plantations and colonial railway of the hill country, learnt about ayurvedic medicine, visited the ancient sinhalese sites of kandy, sigiriya and anaradhapura, and spent our evenings drinking arrack and discussing the finer points of buddhism and the tsunami with our guides!

having not realised that our visit coincided with sinhalese new year, i couldn't have picked a worse time for conducting research, as all the schools were closed! in its place, i visited the unicef offices in galle to talk with the staff and picked up some great contacts...further details are in my research blog