25 Nov. Back in Kandy

First things first. Take my second best trainers down to the 'Master Minute' shoe repairer. He's on my street, he's quick, and he's cheap: 500 LRP + c.£1.20.
'They'll be done in an hour.'
Take two my friend, while I get some breakfast to settle my tummy.
Yes' it's raining again, so the brolly I brought with me from Blighty is getting some more action.
Kandy isn't really looking its best. The moisture in the air makes distance shots very undefined, lacking clarity, a bit rubbish. So grabbed shots of interesting looking people and the odd place are the order of the day.
There are umbrellas everywhere; on pavements, crossing roads, in/out of shop doorways. Yet there appears to be a kind of 'brolly etiquette' whereby everyone raises or lowers their weapon to just about avoid jabbing each other in the eye.
Some tourists are braving the drizzle/rain. If this is their only day to visit, then they have to make the best of it I suppose.
Got into some random but quite pleasant chats with some locals; all men.
I'm fairly sure it still wouldn't quite do for a Sri Lankan lady to start a conversation with an English gent, or me.
Lunch was more local veggie food (they serve it cold, which I'm not a fan of. It. was uneventful, which is probably best, followed by ice cream at the local ice cream parlour. I've grown to like this little place. It's obviously where the teenagers hang out to flirt and get a sugar rush.
Today's flavour: Cookies and Cream.Read more