As my visa ran out, I used my friend Peter’s knowledgeable son to guide me through the Indian e-Visa process as it had taken me 3 days just to get to page 3 of ‘Mother’s place of Birth’ and so on. Neither of us could figure out how to get a 90 day visa, which I got on my e-visa last year and have in all five of my trips to India over the years. So we settled on 30 days.
My helpful friend from around the corner, on my birthday.
Things at the hotel were confused, with Mr. Haseem returning from Colombo to collect my money and immediately leaving again with me as ‘manager’ to feed his cats. Locking the gate going out, I discovered that he had given me the wrong keys and I was locked out. This and other disasters (electricity going off, water in the rooms running dry and so on) were all solved with the help of my friendly neighbors.
The kitties have had their milk.
I heartily recommend Sri Lanka for its smiling and friendly people, relaxed life style, great seafood, varied landscapes and so on. Thus far Uppuveli has escaped mass tourism, but the handwriting is literally on the walls.
The last few weeks, it had become pretty hot here and the locals were complaining as well. The ocean, lovely as it is, is the temperature of a warm bath, and my attempts to get in some sort of hiking condirion by climbing and reclimbing the only hill in the area were amazingly sweaty. Now to finish off the pics…
My pal Shoban on his way to the ‘Rice n Curry’ for work.
The inexpensive ‘all you can eat’ vegetarian buffet at the ‘R n C’.
A breakfast nook.
Random foliage.
The high point.
Ni Dieu Ni Maitre 
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