Today I begin my long slow journey home.
I have the old eight hour van trip to Colombo to look forward to........then three hours in the airport before my flight to Bangkok. I have a couple of days there and then home again on Wednesday the 10th.
I will miss Sri Lanka, the friendly people, the awesome weather, the great waves and the cheap food....but I am also ready to head back home. . . . . . I think :)
So in overview;
INDIA . . . .i am glad that I went. The history is awesome, some of the temples were fantastic and the food was really really good. But that is balanced by the extreme poverty, the filth everywhere, the lack of motivation / will to change anything....-and while some of the people were lovely there wereso many more that simply wanted to rip you off. India seems to me like a place devoid of hope. It seems like a country and a people simply resigned to its fate. Nothing wrong with that of course butit is not somewhere I plan to visit again.
SPAIN. . . . I loved Spain. It rocks. I could definitely live in Spain ( at least in the north) and I have no doubt that I will go back. The people are awesome, the food is great, the culture is very family and cafe focused and it has a really vibrant and full of life culture.......plus it has good surf.
FRANCE. . . . Been there and done that a few times before. The south is ok but spain is next door....enough said.
SRI LANKA . . . A relaxed country with beautiful scenery and possibly some of the most consistent waves in the world. I had a ball.....and a really good relax......and some brilliant surfing. The people were really friendly and the wildlife was amazing. I probably won't come back but a great place none the less.
Hope you are all well and being kind to each other.
Have fun and goodbye
Ant
I have the old eight hour van trip to Colombo to look forward to........then three hours in the airport before my flight to Bangkok. I have a couple of days there and then home again on Wednesday the 10th.
I will miss Sri Lanka, the friendly people, the awesome weather, the great waves and the cheap food....but I am also ready to head back home. . . . . . I think :)
So in overview;
INDIA . . . .i am glad that I went. The history is awesome, some of the temples were fantastic and the food was really really good. But that is balanced by the extreme poverty, the filth everywhere, the lack of motivation / will to change anything....-and while some of the people were lovely there wereso many more that simply wanted to rip you off. India seems to me like a place devoid of hope. It seems like a country and a people simply resigned to its fate. Nothing wrong with that of course butit is not somewhere I plan to visit again.
SPAIN. . . . I loved Spain. It rocks. I could definitely live in Spain ( at least in the north) and I have no doubt that I will go back. The people are awesome, the food is great, the culture is very family and cafe focused and it has a really vibrant and full of life culture.......plus it has good surf.
FRANCE. . . . Been there and done that a few times before. The south is ok but spain is next door....enough said.
SRI LANKA . . . A relaxed country with beautiful scenery and possibly some of the most consistent waves in the world. I had a ball.....and a really good relax......and some brilliant surfing. The people were really friendly and the wildlife was amazing. I probably won't come back but a great place none the less.
Hope you are all well and being kind to each other.
Have fun and goodbye
Ant
