ayubowan!!!! wow....look at that

Today i chilled at an internet cafe for the better part of the afternoon. I swore to myself i was not gonna do any shopping til i returned from wasagamuwa but i found myself buying cheap but beautiful jewelry. i am trying to really cut down on spending as my guide books were WAY OFF when it comes to general expenses. The owner at the guesthouse said that he has tried to be featured in lonely planet for the past six years and they wrote him back saying their writers have not been back to Sri Lanka in eight years which explains the seriously outdated info. Oh well-what to do? So anyway-- after that i went back to my place, took a shower and nap then went outside to wait on the bats. I was told they fly over in swarms around 6 so i waited and waited and waited. I had started getting slightly discouraged and then the best thing happened. They swarmed! But even better it was the fish pond i was by and not the sky. All around me they flew, i could feel there little leathery wings. Afterwards i joined everyone at the table for dinner. It was squid---curry squid. I was a little sqeamish but it ended up being ok, however i did turn down the second portion. For dessert we had curd and treacle. Once again i was sqeamish but i will always try something once. I refuse to be one of those people that miss out on something great because they dont like what it looks like or smells like, and this looked and smelled awful. I thought it was sweet and put a spoonful of curd in my mouth, i thought i was gonna die. AWFUL, but then i was told that you must put the treacle on top, after drizzling the heavy syrup over it it actually ended up being quite tasty, bitter sweet. Later i was taught how to prepare the dish.so simple--- First you boil milk over a high heat and once it gets a good heavy curdle going you stir it up, dump it into a wooden bowl and set the bowl on the counter to cool over night, thats it---old hot milk. ehhh still good. Time for bed