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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalThe general idea is that after you have passed your allotted three score and ten, there is little left to do in life. However, after reading this book, you will learn that it could be a new beginning. In the first chapter, the author outlines why they wished to change their lifestyle and move to Sri Lanka. In the first half of the book, we see them traveling through Sri Lanka. As they journey, short accounts of previous visits are recorded. Their first stop, Colombo, is a place the author first visited in 1959 with a monkey and her American boyfriend. She and the monkey hitched a lift on a carRead More...
The general idea is that after you have passed your allotted three score and ten, there is little left to do in life. However, after reading this book, you will learn that it could be a new beginning. In the first chapter, the author outlines why they wished to change their lifestyle and move to Sri Lanka. In the first half of the book, we see them traveling through Sri Lanka. As they journey, short accounts of previous visits are recorded. Their first stop, Colombo, is a place the author first visited in 1959 with a monkey and her American boyfriend. She and the monkey hitched a lift on a cargo boat. Now, they find that motorized traffic has replaced the bullock carts.
They visit Kalutara, which they last saw in 2004, when her brother and father aged 97 accompanied her for the first time and had the unexpected experience of the tsunami. They find that all traces of the tragedy have been erased. As they continue visiting both old and new places, they make up their minds to make Sri Lanka their home. Though they faced many setbacks, after moving into their dream home on the author’s 77th birthday, everything far exceeded their expectations. Every day brings new discoveries, exotic plants, wonderful birds, insects, bats, jewel-like spiders, snakes, leaf-eating monkeys, and much more. They had made the right choice.
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If you think life ends after seventy, this is the book for you. Feeling fed up with modern life in the UK, this couple in their seventies decided to make a break for it, sell their house, pack their things, and move to the tropics in search of a more exotic way of life. Finding the place they loved in Sri Lanka was only part of the journey. Finding a house to rent, selling their home in England, and complying with visa rules were anything but straightforward.
If you think life ends after seventy, this is the book for you. Feeling fed up with modern life in the UK, this couple in their seventies decided to make a break for it, sell their house, pack their things, and move to the tropics in search of a more exotic way of life. Finding the place they loved in Sri Lanka was only part of the journey. Finding a house to rent, selling their home in England, and complying with visa rules were anything but straightforward. However, once they overcame these challenges, they found themselves with a lifestyle and home better than they had ever dreamed of. A watchman, who turned out to be skilled in all kinds of work including cooking which came with the rented house. Later, three dogs became part of the family. Bats and birds filled the skies, while palm civets lived in the roof, and palm squirrels were everywhere. Colorful birds, friendly cobras, mongooses, and monitor lizards roamed the grounds. Leaf-eating monkeys picked unripe fruit while perched on the roof…
If you think life ends after seventy, this is the book for you. Feeling fed up with modern life in the UK, this couple in their seventies decided to make a break for it, sell their house, pack their things, and move to the tropics in search of a more exotic way of life. Finding the place they loved in Sri Lanka was only part of the journey. Finding a house to rent, selling their home in England, and complying with visa rules were anything but straightforward.
If you think life ends after seventy, this is the book for you. Feeling fed up with modern life in the UK, this couple in their seventies decided to make a break for it, sell their house, pack their things, and move to the tropics in search of a more exotic way of life. Finding the place they loved in Sri Lanka was only part of the journey. Finding a house to rent, selling their home in England, and complying with visa rules were anything but straightforward. However, once they overcame these challenges, they found themselves with a lifestyle and home better than they had ever dreamed of. A watchman, who turned out to be skilled in all kinds of work including cooking which came with the rented house. Later, three dogs became part of the family. Bats and birds filled the skies, while palm civets lived in the roof, and palm squirrels were everywhere. Colorful birds, friendly cobras, mongooses, and monitor lizards roamed the grounds. Leaf-eating monkeys picked unripe fruit while perched on the roof…
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