Sri Lanka

In one word...AMAZING!!!!  Sri Lanka was an excellent spot for our Spring Break and we totally recommend it to anyone that is reading this blog.  We stayed at the Thaproban Hotel in Unawatuna Beach and couldn't have been happier with our choice.  Everyone we met was overwhelmingly happy and welcoming everywhere we went.  The weather was outstanding and the Indian Ocean was fantastic.  We did our first family SCUBA with the Unawatuna Diving Center and now all of us are hooked...I (Jim) was already but this was the first diving experience for Billie Jo and the boys and they loved it!  We traveled to Sri Lanka with some great friends that we have met this year at AIS-R, James & Susan and their adorable twins.  We were so relaxed and happy throughout the trip that we totally lost track of not only the time but what day of the week it was.

The food - I don't think we had a meal that was below "Fantastic" all week.  Each time we ate it felt like we were saying "that was the best meal I have ever had" and truly it felt that way.  We had Sri Lankan breakfast, lunch and dinner at least once every day.  The curries and string hoppers for breakfast were a treat put together for all of us by Nuwani and her staff at the Thrapoban.  Can you say spoiled?!!!  The specially done curries for lunch and dinner were all so amazing and delicious I just can't say enough about them.  The boys loved all of the fresh seafood that was available every night at every restaurant in town.  They loved that they could walk up to the stand and literally pick out the crabs, prawns, lobsters, and/or fish they wanted to eat for dinner.  Gabe treated us to a seafood feastival one night by not only picking out the crabs, prawns and lobsters we were going to eat but showing all of us how Grammie taught him the correct way to pick the crabs.  He was in his glory.  Grammie looking out for us yet again.

I can go on and on about Sri Lanka (and may come back to fill in some more later) but for now I will post some pics and smile remembering all that we were blessed to be able to get done and for the great friends to do it all with.