Elephants

I didn't sleep very well and we all got woken up by the wildlife alarm (all the wild animals outside), which were really loud. We had breakfast outside with the chipmunk's that ran around everywhere. Then some people started to arrive for another wedding this time it was a Sri Lankan navy officer, they looked good in their uniforms but the outfit the man wore the day before was better. We then went for a long winding drive that went up and down loads, but when we stopped I saw a elephant crossing the road, and as we walked past there was lots of elephant bums going down the road, we went and got some tickets then walked past some shops, then Chaminda whizzed us into a secret entrance and we ended up being at a cafe just overlooking a big river but more importantly loads of elephants (splashing in the river). We got some drinks and then daddy took me down to the river and in it with the elephants I helped wash them and the man showed me how to scrub and wash them, then when the man was trying to take photos of us the elephant kept grabbing my hair with his trunk. After that we went back to mummy, then me and her went to see all the other elephants until it started to rain so we watched them all from back in the cafe, there were a couple of cheeky ones fighting and one kept reaching up to grab my foot. After a while we went back to the shops and mummy bought some elephant poo - she says its special paper, I hope so as there was loads of poo on the road for free. Then we watched all the elephants walk up the road and one of them tried to steal a handbag from one of the shops, the shop man told him off and told us that sometimes they are very naughty and wreck the front of his shop. We followed them back to their house and watched them have their dinner. Next we went for another drive and Chaminda stopped by a little stall selling fresh fruit, and we had some fresh coconut juice from a yellow coconut, I preferred the red banana, the juice was OK, but I like coconut milk more. We then drove into Kandy - I had a sleep and when I woke up we were in a cafe called 'The Honey Pot' which overlooked a big river, we then went to a gems and jewellery factory, where mummy spent ages looking at stones, eventually she decided she wanted one, and gave a man some money. Then we went to another wood place, but this time me and daddy stayed in the car, after about 5 min she came back all happy as she had a bit of wood. I don't understand her - she gave the men money for a bit of wood and a stone, but whenever I get them FOR FREE I'm not even aloud to bring them into the house. Chaminda then took us up above the town to a viewing point, I was bored and naughty, I wanted a plastic recorder but mummy said 'no', so I made sure everyone knew how unhappy I was, but had forgotten about it 2 minutes later when I was eating a cookie, I know mummy's trick now and will not do that again. We then went to an arts center, where a man made me a little elephant with my name on it, next was a boring dance show - their dancing was weird, but then a man started playing with fire, which was good, but he should go to the fire station with Miss Jo and learn that you shouldn't play with fire. When they had finished we walked to the 'Temple of the Tooth', there were loads of people there with flowers and no shoes, we even had to take our shoes off, it was nice but the 'Cave Temple' was better as they had monkeys, then it was back to the hotel ('The Mansion') for bed.

 

During the fire man show

Neo (shouting really loud) - "Doesn't that man know your not meant to play with fire, tell him to stop playing with fire"