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Rain, Rain, Rain!

Rain, Rain, Rain! - Well, well, well! Water was what we asked for, and water we finally got! Monsoon rains arrived in a vengeance! Day and night it emptied from the heavens above. There has been a constant battle to prevent water from flooding property. Lagoons were full and breaking through to the ocean, causing a brown stain to spread across the once untainted crystal blue sea. A month where laundry failed to dry, had been re-washed and re-washed to rid it of that damp and musty smell that materializes when it fails to dry. New doors and windows were swollen from the moisture and refused to slot back into their previously once perfect apertures. There is a coolness in the air, still warmer than our summer, but a coolness that requires a t-shirt at four in the morning. An abundance of green has arisen from the once hard and dusty ground. Farmers are hurriedly catching up with their tasks of ploughing and sewing seed. Mosquitoes have woken to torment those that have the sweet blood they love to feast on. I feel fortunate that my once desired blood has become sour and less attractive to them. Them that sing in ones ear so torturing a once peaceful sleep. Perhaps the arrival of a British visitor was the cause of all that rain. As now, having left these shores, the rain has abated and the sun once again taken its rightful place within the expanse of a rich blue sky!

Add comment December 5th, 2009

is one minute up, and the next…

is one minute up, and the next down! What to do! Ten more days and it’ll be all over until the next time! If there is one!

Add comment December 3rd, 2009

got beaten up on main point ye…

got beaten up on main point yesterday! Off season soo much more powerful, with the break more sectiony and the reef more shallow!

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has been handing out wax to th…

has been handing out wax to the grommets around the coast of Sri Lanka. Looks like a surfboard etc plea is due on my return to the UK!

Add comment December 1st, 2009

must remember his shoulder is …

must remember his shoulder is totally shot & shouldn’t keep pushing the fishing boats up over the sand. 4 mths now & getting worse! Aaargh!

Add comment November 19th, 2009

took books etc to a Pre School…

took books etc to a Pre School in Pottuvil today - the kids were great and the teachers very enthusiastic. Well worth all the graft!

Add comment November 19th, 2009

visited Pottuvil Temples, work…

visited Pottuvil Temples, worked on School Book Project, went fishing and ate Banana Rice Pudding!

Add comment November 18th, 2009

finally braved the lumpy seas …

finally braved the lumpy seas and went boat fishing with Suminda and actually managed to catch 3 Seer Fish on hand lines! Result!

Add comment November 14th, 2009

loves the speed in which the c…

loves the speed in which the climate changes during the monsoon season! Super sunshine again! Best i do some carpentry then!

Add comment November 12th, 2009

spoke too soon and the rain ca…

spoke too soon and the rain came back! Some sweet waves though, and no-one but me here to enjoy!

Add comment November 12th, 2009

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