We touched down in Sri Lanka at five minutes after midnight. Yet after doing bank work and more than a peek in duty-free, we didn't leave in an airport taxi until 1:30 am. Jay's house is so close that we got there in just a half hour. (One pays for the ticket for an airport taxi from a booth inside the airport. The taxi driver would have probably hoped for a cross-island trip where he could have earned more substantial cash.)
In the early hours of the morning the roads were empty, the air was humid and heavy, and the foliage clearly tropical. I love the feeling of really venturing to some place different and wham; here it was! It might have been nice to fly in during daylight as it's amazingly green and beautiful from the sky.
At the house (WGS84: N07`10.757 E079`56.212), we greeted the family and went right to bed. After getting up at 9:00 am I was pretty 'out of it' because of the 12 hour time difference. My watch was easily changed but not my body's clock. I napped from 1:30 to 5:00 and now will head to bed at about 9:00 pm. I guess, this will have to be considered a transition day.