Sri Lanka Salon

Hi Folks,

I just left the local Muslim salon. A very kind older man gave me a great cut and a shave. It was a tiny hole in the wall, literally. He didn't speak a word of English, and he gave me the best cut and shave I've ever had. He was meticulous and all I heard for half an hour was the chop chop of the sissors around my head and ears. I swear that he examined each and every hair on my head. Then he shaved me with an old traditional straight razor. He was super smooth and got it baby soft. When you get a haircut here it includes a vigorous head massage. Very pleasant.

It's Friday afternoon and another week of yoga has come and gone. The time just keeps passing and things at Rocky Point are continually evolving. This is really only the second year that the yoga center has been in full operation and it is a work in progress. Everyone seems interested in helping out and yesterday we did a bunch of cleaning around the place and outfitted the kitchen with lots of new stuff. They loved it.

I am off now to go have diner with a local family I've gotten to know. Three of us from Rocky Point are going to have a meal with them. It's nice being in one place and getting to know people and the local pulse.

Photos:

First me at the barbur shop. Next a Peace Pagoda in a town nearby. The Japanese donated it after the tsunami. The view of the coast from the Pagoda. The wall along the old fort in Galle at sunset. Several of us went last weekend for a night to Unawatuna. It was nice to leave Rocky Point and check out some other spots. We cruised around the old walled city and watched the sunset that night.