Thursday, April 05, 2012

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Yes, it's been a little while since I've been traveling.  However, this month takes Karl and me half way around the world to Sri Lanka, off the very tip of India.  It's a ridiculously long set of flights to get here from Albuquerque, but with a little luck, we got business class upgrades. 

After an overnight in Bangkok, we arrived in Colombo and set up for our workshop.  That's been going on very happily now for the past 4 days and seems to be a big success for Kent and Geoff.  Our foreign visitors have been very cordial and our local hosts have been terrific. 

Although we've been in the hotel almost all the time, Kent, Karl and I managed to get out briefly and go shopping for some of Sri Lanka's famous sapphires.  Caro will be surprised.  I'll post photos when I get home and can download them from the little Canon digital camera. 

Tonight is our farewell dinner and then we've got to be up and moving by the time the taxi comes at 4:00 A.M.  Friday will be just a short hop to Bangkok where we'll have an afternoon and an evening before an early departure to Tokyo, Los Angeles, and home. 

Stay tuned for photos in a couple days.

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