On the other end of the flight, it wasn't such a breeze. Our Emirates flight left close to an hour late and arrived in CMB a half hour late. The airport was very, very busy at 11:30 pm. A flight from Kuala Lumpur was either going or coming. We saw several Air Asia planes when taxiing. When we got to immigration, it was less than half-staffed. That's the reason for the long queues.
All 105 kg of checked baggage arrived. One of Jay's sisters had to check her carry-on bag. I tried to make a scene but all that managed was to guarantee the employee noticed her on the airbridge and checked it for her. It all came off the luggage carousel.
We changed some money in rupees. I bought another one-month sim for my little wifi router so we'll all have unlimited internet for a while. Lastly, we rolled to the airport taxi with four carts and rode the 20-minute journey to the house by 12:40 am.
We're back in Sri Lanka for another chunk of our winter.