Day 018 of Our Winter: The morning was nice. We walked out to the junction to stop at a pharmacy and a grocery store. I picked up some prescription medicine in blister packs. All medicine comes in the pop-out-a-pill format in Sri Lanka. I think it has to do with both high, tropical humidity and customer convenience. I like travelling with the more convenient format. These two pictures are of the smaller road where the house is and the larger junction where a lot of shops are.
Having blister-packs will come in handy. We have a whole month of travel planned with Jay's sisters while based in Sri Lanka this winter. First, we leave for Dubai in mid-December. We have a week on the MSC Euribia cruise ship. We'll stay for an extra week in Dubai and return to Sri Lanka before the New Year. In addition, we have decided to travel in Thailand for a bit in January and February. We went with the ladies once but that was just a short visit in Bangkok. Sri Lankans no longer require a visa and this helps to make popping on a 3.5 hour flight easy and pretty cheap.
So, this time we have time to try to visit other places in Thailand. In the last decade just Jay and I made a few short visits to Thailand when we stayed for winters in places like Malaysia and Cambodia. A place I'd like to visit is Chiang Mai as Jay and I haven't been to that city since 1991. That's 34 years ago and it would be a great place to revisit.
Of course, it's easier to get to Pattaya. Some travellers board a bus right at the airport and go south. We did that during that 90's era but also returned again much more recently. This is where this journal comes in really handy. I just searched for the fun, beach city and instantly came up with our 11-day revisit in 2018.
Entries in my journal are always displayed in reverse chronological order. So, you can get nearly the first one by scrolling to the bottom of this linked page. I do appreciate being able to review our comings and goings here. Relying sheerly on one's memory means that many specific details inevitably get lost over time. It's better to have words and pictures as a backup!