This morning at breakfast, we decided to have a traditional Sri Lankan breakfast. We kept hearing about "hoppers" but had no clue. We asked the restaurant manager last night what they were. We described them and we still weren't sure but said we would give them a try. While looking at nearby restaurants online, we figured out that hopper means crepe in Sri Lankan. We started off with egg hoppers which was just a crepe with a fried egg in it.
Little Man was really excited about the plate of crepes.
After breakfast, we hopped in a tuk tuk and rode 8kms to a turtle sanctuary (and sadly forgot our iPhone so no pictures here). There are seven different kinds of sea turtles and five of them are found in the waters off of Sri Lanka. The beach in front of the sanctuary is protected but that doesn't stop people from sneaking on at night and stealing the eggs which is illegal. So the sanctuary buys back the eggs and buries them in a sand pit in the sanctuary. Once the turtles hatch, they go into a salt water pool until they're about five days old and then they are released into the sea. The sanctuary releases about 200 turtles a week. We walked around and got to see turtles that have been brought to the sanctuary for rehabilitation. Some were caught in nets and some were injured by motorboat propellers. The sanctuary also had two turtles that were half albino. They won't survive on their own because of their bad eyesight so they will stay there. It was a small place but it was really interesting to see how such a small place is working to make a difference in the world. They release about 10,000 turtles a year back into the ocean. A small percentage of them make it but that's still something.
We got back to the hotel and hung out in the beach chairs while our room was cleaned.
Little Man is getting so independent! In fact, while we were laying in the chairs, he figured out how to get to a sitting position!
Stewart wanted to have some fun so this is "Young Man and the Sea".
We headed back to the room so Little Man could rest. And then he surprised us by standing up in his crib!
We are so grateful for this time and opportunity to watch him develop and achieve milestones.
We headed to lunch where we gave Little Man a chance to sit in a regular chair. He didn't last long! He thought the table should be edible.
We happen to be here in time for one of the biggest festivals celebrating when Buddha became enlightened. The hotel is building lanterns. The festival is on Friday and after dinner, we're going to head out to see all of the lanterns and lights.
We took a nice long dip in the pool. It doesn't matter how cold it is, Little Man loves it. He really tries to swim on his own and is always kicking his little legs furiously.
We were in the pool for awhile and then let Little Man play in the huge tub in the bathroom. He got tuckered out and wasn't the only one :-)
After the guys woke up from their nap, we headed to dinner on the beach. The weather was great and there was a constant breeze coming off the ocean. We watched all the hermit crabs scuttling back and forth.
Not sure what tomorrow's plans are. We've really been doing a lot of relaxing. We're used to always being on the go and seeing/doing things but we're learning to adjust because of the baby. While we may not be doing as much as we could, it's really been great spending time all together. When we're home, we get home from work in time to spend an hour with Little Man before he goes to bed so having all this time has been really great.
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