An evening in Srilanka

Last week on the last day of workshop in Colombo I got to see a small bit of Srilanka. Only because Niroshani wanted me to see more than Colombo. Niroshani and Udaya organised for us to see 'sea'.Both of them are the most genuine people I have ever met.

After the workshop we found a 10 sitter van waiting for 2 of us. Ofcourse this was no way, finally all four of us went in Udaya's car singing hindi and sinhala version of hindi songs. Guess what happened to van? It followed our car with our luggage. In Srilanka its economical to rent a van because it runs on diesel unlike a small car

After 45 minutes from Colombo we could see sea. Yes, see sea was our signature line for the evening. Kajal and me were desperate to watch sunset, and finally around 5.30PM Niroshani selected a perfect spot on beautiful Kaluthara beach for us to see sea. She was happy and earlier said that today is the perfect day to watch sunset. You will not believe what happened next, within 5 minutes there was a thick cloud cover out of nowhere and our dream of watching a sun set was over.

We could not complain for a long time. All of us were soon playing on the beach laughing, running, throwing sand on each other, making mud houses...lot of fun.

U: Niroshani why arent you taking sea bath
N: I dont have change of clothes.
U: dont worry, i will buy a set of clothes for u
N: But u dont know my size.
U: I can guess!

We went mad laughing on this. Little later Udaya was trying to escape water and another cracker bursted.

M: dont worry, Niroshani will buy a pair of clothes for you
N: But I can't guess his size.

The memory of Kaluthara beach will stay for a long time, it was a lovely evening followed by even more wonderful morning on the beach before I took the flight back to Delhi. Thanks Niroshani and Udaya.