Day 63 - We've already been away for about nine weeks this winter. We had planned to have today off and get ready for a trip to the Dehiwala Zoo tomorrow. The zoological gardens are the national zoo not far away from Colombo. The day was all arranged. We were to get up a bit early tomorrow and be able to enjoy the lush grounds while the cooler morning air lingered. A piece of jungle is easily to landscape.
Then, as we were watching the evening news, we found a strike has begun by that union of workers. Although there had been a few murmurs about a new director, today the protest became obvious on national television. For sixty years the zoo has always been open but the very day before we had planned a visit, it seems as though it'll be closed. We called to cancel our van and driver.
As a group, we haven't been to the zoo since 2004. That was the year that Babby left for Cyprus. and I have a few photos from those days. However, I went back farther in my collection. I found these two images taken on film in the fall of 1987. This would have been the first time that Jay and I had visited the Sri Lankan zoo together. Nowadays the cages have been switched to larger animal enclosures but we look remarkably similar after 35 years, don't we?
