Sri Lanka Day 1

We made it to Sri Lanka!  I very much needed this getaway with my family.  We left yesterday and everything went well in terms of packing. I managed to let go and let Stewart pack for Little Man.  I have a hard time letting others do things. It was nice not having to worry about it. Our manny came over to go over how to take care of the dogs and other household to-dos. Our previous driver, Jacob (whom we really like), drove us to the airport. Little Man didn't take his afternoon nap and stayed awake for the whole drive. We got through airport security quickly with several compliments on Little Man who was sporting his fedora. Little Man was a big attention getter. We had people come up to take pictures with him and one woman was quite persistent that she should hold him. We were as polite as possible in telling her no....several times. The flight went smoothly with Little Man pretty much awake for the entire three hours. Once we landed, we had to wait for Little Man's stroller to get off the plane. The persistent woman tried again to hold Little Man and, again, we said no.

The hotel sent a car to pick us up. We got situated and all buckled in. The driver brought cool towels for us. It was so refreshing. Even Little Man enjoyed having his face wiped off and cooled down. Speaking of cool, the temperatures here are so nice. We were hovering close to 110 in New Delhi. Here, its in the 80s with a near constant breeze!  So so nice!  The hotel had also sent dinner for us. It was pretty tasty. The sodas were in glass bottles but there wasn't a bottle opener. The driver pulled over and got the sodas from Stewart and I. He was standing right next to my open door and was using the bottles to open the other. Well....Stewart's got opened and I got sprayed!  Poor driver probably felt bad but we laughed it off. 

About an hour into the drive, we heard a sound. Stewart and I were both hoping to be wrong but, sure enough, we had a flat tire. Apparently, in Sri Lanka, you call a number and a highway service truck comes and changes the tire for you. We were on our way in about 45 minutes. The staff at the hotel were waiting for us when we arrived... at 2am!  They were very gracious and said that we could go over everything in the morning. 

Needless to say, we all fell asleep very quickly after our long day of traveling!