I'm Leeeeeaving, Ooooooooon a Jet Plaaaaane....

So finally, after weeks of shivering, sneezing, coughing and wheezing, tomorrow I fly to the sunny environs of Sri Lanka, there to hopefully see and discover lots of marvelous things, in between sunning myself on the beach, kicking back and taking a break from it all. I may well be swapping my cold symptoms for a ferocious sunburn, but at this stage frankly I don’t care.

My only concern with the trip on the whole is the response I’ve had from various people when I’ve told them where I’m going, often something along the lines of “Oh, to do aid work?” Which instantly makes me feel just a tad selfish and guilty, as I mumble my reply of “Well, no, just to kind of…you know…have a holiday really…” The places we’re going to visit, as far as I’m aware, largely escaped the worst of the damage inflicted last year, but with all the moving around we’re going to be doing (seven different locations over two and a bit weeks at the last count), it’s probably inevitable that we’re going to come across a visible reminder of what happened, never mind witnessing the general mood of the population in the run up to the first anniversary of the tsunami disaster.

Either way, we shall see for ourselves I’m sure, take it as it comes, enjoy ourselves and do our best to make the most of what Sri Lanka has to offer. Happy holidays everyone, until January…