It's almost time.

Tomorrow, we start the long journey home. Boo, hiss. We will spend one night in Colombo, Sri Lanka's capital city, then a day and night in Bangkok, probably hopping the train to go into the city to have a look around. 

We've been relaxing here and it's been wonderful. We've had great local food, and have gotten lots of sun and water playtime. There is a kayak, which has been nice. 

Also, there are 5+ house dogs and one kitty. Since we love dogs, we are giving them lots of attention, and the cat is pretty cute too, so she's been getting leftover seafood from us at dinner. Last night, there was dog playtime and then sunset time. Their names are Girlie (my fav), Trinkle, Strawberry (a boy), Tarzan and Blackie. Oh, and Spotty, but she isn't quite part of the pack, but wants to be. 

There are big dogs from the army base a bit down the beach that start brawls, mostly at night. They take turns keeping watch. Trinkle is on duty below. 

Blackie got a huge gash in her paw from fighting the day we arrived. We alerted the owner and she got four stitches at the vet!  There are also chickens and roosters here, so we are serenaded all day by the two roosters. Needless to say, we like it here. It's comfortable, quiet, small and perfect. 

We did some exploring today and took two broken down bikes around the dirt roads along the coast. Lots of fishing boats and agriculture.  We plan to take them out again tomorrow and head the other way. 

And we saw two dead and burned snakes. We aren't sure if it's just the way they kill them or if it's superstition. Sri Lankans are very superstitious. 

We caught these guys net fishing along the coast. I didn't see them catching much. 

Sun and sand.

Not much to report here. We're still on the west coast, relaxing on the beach. After moving around the country, it feels good to have nothing better to do than decide if we want lunch and if we're going to take the bikes out for a spin. Oh, or if we want a massage(yes, of course). We have one more day here, then we go to the capital city for a day before flying out to Bangkok, staying for a day and night, then back across the pond to the US.  

We were going to snorkel or dive here, but their best reef is about an hour and a half boat ride, one way, so we'd be sitting in a boat for longer than we'd be snorkeling. Not worth it. Instead I think we will snag the bikes and go into the fishing village and have a look around. The small hotel on the beach is very quiet. Only about 10 guests total are here and it's a family style place. Small and intimate. Perfect. 

Today, we went out dolphin watching. Now, I am not what you'd consider a "dolphin person", but they were pretty cool. This time of year, they travel in pods of hundreds off the coast. And we saw hundreds. I do have a new found respect for those photographers that manage to snag a picture of that perfect dolphin, bounding out of the water. We were in the middle of so many and got only two good photos, both taken by Tom. One is below. 

However, they raced alongside the boat many times and we captured these, quite nice I think. 

And four at once. 

Us in the boat...

And now I'll return to sitting in my chair, under the palapa, looking at this.