I recalled that my first trip to Sri Lanka was for two weeks in February of 1986. I was silly enough to rent a car and we ventured out on the wrong side of the roads. That means my initial visit was more than twenty years ago! Then, I was at Jay's home during September of 1987 after quitting my job in Taif, Saudi Arabia. During April of 1988, the third trip was for a month and included the Maldives too. Additionally, in March of 1991, Jay and I stopped on the island when travelling from Bahrain to Thailand. It seemed easy getting there from the Gulf.
Strangely, there was a thirteen year absence in my visits. I resumed when we travelled there in the fall of 2004 for several months. So, the 2006 trip will make the sixth time, I've set foot on the isle south of India. That's more times that I've ever visited any other destination but I don't see this as the last journey to Sri Lanka.