The flight to Sri Lanka was not the most fun I’ve ever had.
It was an 11 hour overnight flight in which I think I managed a total of 2
hours sleep overall. To start, there was turbulence right from take-off. This
caused a small child near me to throw up all over herself. Twice. So she was
crying. There were two crying babies a couple of rows in front of me. Next to
one of the crying babies there was a toddler screaming so loud that I don’t
think even she knew what she was screaming about. This continued on and off all
night. The guy across the aisle from me snored so badly. Like the loudest most
obnoxious snore I’ve ever heard. All night. The man in the seat next to me fell
asleep with no problem. And then proceeded to spread out not only over his own
space, but over most of mine. This included his leg under the seat in front of
me, in my already limited leg room as well as his arm over the arm rest between
us and resting where my leg would have been had I not made myself as small as
possible in order to avoid this unwanted invasion. So between the turbulence a
crying child, two crying babies, a screaming toddler, a snoring guy and a space
invading man, I really didn’t get much sleep.
By the time I arrived at my homestay last night I was
completely delirious from exhaustion. People spoke to me, but I have no idea
who they were or what we talked about. By 8.30 I was fed (dinner was actually
amazing) and crawling into bed. I passed out by 9 and slept through until this
morning. So after a rather unpleasant travel experience, I had the most amazing
sleep and started today feeling rested and vaguely with it.
I’ve had so much information thrown at me today at
orientation that I can’t remember any of it. Fortunately they have written it
all down in our project packs. I know I’m starting placements tomorrow, but I
don’t know where or what I’m doing. It’s all rather chaotic, in line with the
daily life of Sri Lanka.
I’ve not been here long, but so far it’s been wonderful. Everything
is so mad, I love it. Tonight, when I was walking back to the house from the
road, I saw my first ever fire fly. And then I saw another. I swear, I have
never seen a firefly before and the only way I can describe it is magical. They
were so pretty and amazing and I was actually really taken aback by their
sudden sighting. Apparently they hang out around this house a lot, so I’m
looking forward to sitting and watching them for a while one evening. It was
one of those small things that just made me feel like the luckiest person
alive.
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