1979-10 My second trip by airplane to Sri Lanka (Slide show)

In October 1979 I travelled for 4 weeks with a friend to Sri Lanka. From Frankfurt Rhein-Main airport we flew with "Air Lanka" in a Boeing 707. In Bahrain there was a stop in the middle of the night for filling and cleaning. In/on Sri Lanka we were picked up by my pen-friend for then 10 years and 2 friends of his. They showed us around Colombo and taught us how to eat Sri Lanka style, with the fingers. Great experience to sense the food directly. From Colombo we went by train to Trincomalee on the east coast where I had booked a private accomodation. It was a nice room and the 2 housekeepers made our stay very comfortable. Every morning Sumana came into our room, "early morning tea !". For breakfeast they cooked green chile omelette or scrambled eggs and always fresh fruit like papaya or mango. First time I tasted for me exotic fruit directly from the tree - so delicious ! From Trinco we visited with my pen friend in Kandy and spent some wonderful days there. After that we visited the first Sri Lankan king's town Anuradhapura and tea plantations near Nuwara Eliya (spoken "noorelya"). All in all I had a wonderful time and learnt a lot about relativity, palms=trees, dirt roads= streets, cabins =houses and the wonderful feeling of food. I'm still eating with my fingers whenever it is possible. With my pen-friend Gamini I'm still sharing a now 46year friendship even thru some hard times. In the end there went something wrong with the subtitles. Please excuse and try to relate the pictures with the subtitles. Sorry ! :-)