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Gentle Readers,

I have had ample time to settle back down from Sri Lanka now. In short, I had the most amazing experience of my life. The photos in the post below pretty much sum up the day to day of the trip.

The weather saw us well for most of the journey, a good healthy mix of rain and sunshine. The rain was a welcome sight as I hadn't seen any since I last left the states.

I saw a cloud on saturday and got a little excited.

The first part of the vacation was spent in the mountains in a town called Kandy. It is apparently a cultural hotbed though it was a bit too busy for our liking so we left after one day. As tourists we were perpetually hounded by touts and street dealers. We were looking for something a little more low-key. The next morning we made our way to Adams peak. The cliomb was one of the harder I've done. Once at the summit, however, there wasn't one thing that could concern us at that moment, a sort of clarity hard to find.

We later made out way to the beaches where we spent the rest of our vacation. I've never really had a proper beach vacation before, but I'll say that this one will be hard to beat. Scuba diving was quite fun as well, visibility was poor as was the coral, but I saw thousands and thousands of the most colorful fish I've ever seen. Diving was another one of those moments, like adam's peak where I had absolutely nothing on my mind expect what was in front of me. hmmm I miss skiing.

What else... Max and I are currently trying to sort out our plans for National Holiday. Azerbaijan, Ukraine, and Russia are all on the drawring board. We'll see what happens.

This weekend was quite the adventure as well. Saad, Max, and I went to a two day concert in Dubai featuring Joss Stone, Ziggy Marley, Kanye West and Mika. During Joss Stone's performace, the three of us were playing snake on my phone to see who could get top score None of us realized she was playing as no one had cheered, no introduction was made, and the music was less than spectacular. We all assumed someone of her stature would have a more commanding performace and presence. As you can tell, she made quite an impression on us.