Dusted off my walking poles and used them for the first time since I got here; for walking that is. I have been using the resistance bands for exercise all along. Walking with them was great. Kandy is very hilly. In fact, it is almost impossible to find a level bit of road. The poles really help propel you up the hills.
I also took the electric tricycle for a test run. It works very well, but it scared the crap out of me. As I said, Kandy is very hilly. That makes it difficult to get the thing started. Add to that the fact that the trike is cambered to make it easier to corner and you have a recipe for disaster. It is slightly more stable than a two wheeler, but not enough for me. It is still very tippy. So I have decided not to buy it. Between my lack of balance, the hills and the crazy drivers, I am sure to land in the hospital. I think I will just use my walking poles instead.
Very nice Christmas book club this month. We went to one of the member's homes and had a lovely potluck lunch and a secret Santa gift exchange. In the end there was no secret about the Santa as either people guessed who had bought the present or people declared themselves.
We are in the midst of a presidential election. The sitting president seemed to have no opposition until about 3 weeks ago when the General Secretary of his party as well as his health minister jumped ship along with some of his senior cabinet ministers. Now we have a contest. That is good news for a place that is now essentially a dictatorship. The bad news is that the election will be violent. It has already started and will get progressively worse until election day on January 8.
My visa hangs in limbo until after the election as most government workers and millions of treasury rupees are being diverted into the President's election campaign. There is no effort to hide the fact that this is being done. We live in a true banana republic.
Have decided to have a house warming/tree trimming party. It is set for December 22. If everyone were to show up, there would be over 50 people. Luckily, a lot of people are away, so it should be a manageable crowd.
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