Poikien retkeily jatkui Balapitiyassa samalla linjalla kuin pari ensimmäistäkin viikkoa. Aika monta kertaa käytiin rannalla, vaikka usein tosin uimisen sijaan vaan leikittiin hiekalla. Ihan ok sekin. Temppeleitä kierrettiin taas monta. Kivoimmat oli ehkä ihan lähellä olleet kylätemppelit, joissa sai oikeastaan olla ihan keskenään vain. Monta kertaa on käytiin vähän matkan päässä olevassa uudessa leikkipuistossa. Joskus siellä oli myös joitain muitakin 🙂 Loppuaikana tehtiin retkiä myös pyörällä, jonka sai lainaan majapaikasta. Sen kanssa saatiin sitten herätettyä vielä enempi ihmetystä, kun Mikko oli pyörän selässä ja Eero Mikon selässä repussa. Ei varmaan ole ihan hirveän montaa sellaista tullut vastaan noilla teillä. Tosi monesti sai siten myös morjenstaa ohikulkijoita.
Eero taking in the beach life
Father-son time while sitting on a rock
A bunch of local boys came hanging with us at the rock pool. Later they gave us a coconut to drink. Some of them had apparently climbed to fetch it from a nearby tree.
Punk is not dead… even in Sri Lanka
One day we got stuck across the street in front of our house, because of a long, long convoy of vehicles all advocating the upcoming elections and the current president
This stupa (or “tupa” as Eero calls it) was too big to fit in one frame
This local temple had magnificent wood carvings inside and we had it all just for ourselves
A cobra-hooded Buddha at the local temple
Another fine stupa encountered on one of our adeventures
A bit further off we came across this temple which had a huge tree inside it
On one occasion we saw some school boys playing cricket
All kinds of transportation arrangements we saw on our journeys
Bye-bye! Just about to leave for another bike ride around.
The carrying backpack is so comfortable that it creates quite a lot of drowsiness.
On our walk-about, we were lured into some people’s yard to drink some coconut. Naturally we then had to pay for it, though. It was fun to watch this boy climb up there, quite hazardously, to fetch the coconut. Sadly, he had to try three times to have one land undamaged. Unfortunately Eero missed to whole thing as he was just sleeping.
Toilet break?
Having an ice cream break was perhaps the high point that day
Eero has some trouble understanding how the slides work
Having fun at the swing
Most of the time Eero has not been too keen to be held by strangers. This time it was tolerated.
One day the rock pool had almost vanished. The rough sea however brought some new water in.
Just another day at the rock pool.
En garde!
Spot Eero!
That’s where we came from…
…and that’s where we’re headed to