Thursday 3 Dec 2009 - Local time is 09.30 (time back home is 04.00)Hi me again from Yakkala, can't believe that tomorrow (Friday 4 Dec) will be the last time I visit the orphanage - where has the time gone??? The weather in Sri Lanka is truly gorgeous (I know its dark and bleak, back at home, but hope the warmth from here is coming through your PC screens!). The heat and sunshine at this time of the day is great (23 degrees) but in a few hours, it will be 27/ 28...

Tuesday 24th Nov 2009 - Back again, you don't hear from me for ages and then two days on the trot ………… thought I'd sit through another hot sticky afternoon at the Internet Café. When I finished yesterday, I hadn't realized that the weather had changed whilst I was at the Cafe. The sky was black and the rain was pouring down as if someone had turned on the shower. It took me about 15 seconds to get from the Café to the tuk tuk (local three wheeler taxi) ...

Monday 23rd Nov 2009 - Well I can't find a faster pc anywhere, so have decided to sit through extreme heat in yet another Internet Cafe, as I so much wanted to update my blog….. I arrived at my "homestay" in Yakkala (pronounced yuck kulla) on Tuesday 10 November at 19.30. Yakkala is about 30km from Colombo. The Peter Weeresekere Childrens' Orphanage is a 20 minute walk from the place I'm staying at. When I left UK, I was informed by Real Gap tha...