My Brother’s Wedding

9am December 4, 2004 Colombo, Sri Lanka

The unthinkable has happened. I’ve lost one of the memory cards. Thankfully it’s the card of the descent and the photos from the Grand Palace, Bangkok. At least Keli has those and I’m not too worried about the photos from…

Phuket to Singapore

~9:45am, December 1, 2004 Air Asia Flight Phuket to Singapore

Amazingly this flight actually left on time. Wow. It took 4 flights to get an AirAsia flight where I don’t have to hum “Delay-O”. As I look out the window I see the amazing Phang Nga coastline with its…

Colombo, Sri Lanka

7pm December 4, 2004 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Disaster has been averted. Mum found the missing memory card. A big sad weight has been lifted from my shoulders!

I made plans to meet a Sri Lankan friend at Liberty Plaza in Colombo which she described…

Delay-O The Air Asia Song

Bangkok Domestic Terminal, November 27, 2004

The Air Asia To Phuket Song, composed by Chris Myrick and Mike Mannion. Aiko Japanese Restaurant, Bangkok Domestic Terminal. Sung to the “Banana Boat Song” by Harry Belafonte. We apologise, Harry.

Colombo International Airport

12:17am December 7, 2004 Colombo International Airport

Well, it’s all done. Just phoned my parents and they’ve made it back home. My brother’s homecoming is done including more Kandyan dancing, lots of relatives, great food and lots of tradition. In…

LAX, Again, Sigh.

12pm December 7, 2004 LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal

Right. 24 hours of flying done and now I’m in smoggy, miserable Los Angeles. Hmm. After my time in Changi Airport or any of the numerous airports I’ve had the pleasure of walking through, LAX is still a shit…

Blessing of the RAGSN Flag

6:30am December 6, 2004 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Well this day had to finally arrive. The last day of my holidays. It’s also the day of my brother and his new wife’s “homecoming”.

Back to freezing Edmonton

12pm December 7, 2004 LAX Tom Bradley International Terminal

Wow, that took a long time to type in. Well, obviously I made it home safe. Coming to Edmonton was a rude awakening though. It was -23 celsius which was 50 degrees cooler than Sri Lanka when I…

Onwards to Colombo

~10pm December 1, 2004 Gate F42 Changi Airport waiting for SQ402 to Colombo

When we last left our hero all seemed to be going swimmingly well. AirAsia was going on time, all his luggage was packed in such a fashion where all he had to do would be to stuff the clothes…