Day 017 of Our Winter: This morning, Jay went for a dental appointment a few kilometers away from this Nugegoda house. We're officially medical tourists due to this visit. It's a big industry in many countries. Jay is getting a crown put in but went in for the exam and had a root canal done today. He will go back for the rest of the filling and oral scans next week and a zirconia crown will be created and affixed a few days later. The dental hospital here is private and light years ahead of our dentist back in BC, not to mention so much cheaper. Reading up on the Zirconia making process was fascinating. Jay's sister went along and I stayed at the house. So, I had plenty of time to use the fast Internet available here 'in the city'.
Not many birds came by for photos today. The Yellow-Billed Babblers are a fun type of bird. It was rare to get a picture with just two in the feeder. They are social and gregarious. They often travel in groups of eight to ten and make a hell of a racket as they arrive. Before this trip I always just called them Q-Bert birds because they cannot walk but instead hop around in a way that reminded me of the 80's arcade game.
It's now evening and the threatening thunder preceded the downpour. It's been raining cats and dogs for hours. The rain is hot. As I mentioned once the weather in tropical countries is often quite a show! I do find the sudden action preferrable to slow steady cold rain of a BC winter.
