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1. Sri Lanka was a soft landing. We arrived at the Colombo airport, found the ATM and dutifully lined our pockets with rupees before heading out of the air-conditioned building into the heat and the hustle. I took a deep breath and expected the worst: Aggressive touts, inflated prices, and a sordid collection of bullshit artists and hawkish thieves. That outcome couldn’t be further from the truth. While of course there were the taxi touts and I am sure their prices were too high, most didn’t persist and walked away after our rebukes. After a few queries we were directed on how to get to the local bus stand to make our way to Negombo for the night. Far different experiences have been had in other parts of the world I have traveled in.
