I've been adding extra chillies to the food I've been eating over the last few days in preparation for tomorrow. Pre-acclimatisation for food with a kick. I like spicy food but am prone to bouts of uncontrollable hiccups when it gets too hot (the girls just laugh) - nothing in Tesco's would set it off but a medium rating in a curry house would do and I'm trying to do my best in advance of creeping around rainforests after a spicy breakfast making an ungodly noise and just scaring all the endemics away.
So we're setting off to Sri Lanka in the morning, a bit of a relief in the mad run up to xmas to be getting away now. The girls finished school last week and are excited about going away and very excited about christmas, having covered all bases to ensure Father Christmas knows where we are. Sri Lanka is over 70% buddhist, with christian religions making up less than 10%, so the parents are a little worried the red-suited one doesn't have the same influence over events around the 25th ..... if you get my drift.
We have planned the trip to take account of all of our wants - Some tea plantations, a bit of culture, some animals, some beach and obviously for me where-ever it fits in, some birds. As ever a trip like this will always throw up the unexpected. Given our accommodation will range from basic b&b, guest houses, hotels and the odd tent, I am expecting that blogging will need to wait until our return in the New Year, but will see what's available.
So in advance ..Happy Xmas and a fantastic New Year to all .. see you in 2011.
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