Further up and Further in

Good thing we went and took care of our visa business in Colombo already...a suicide bomber blew up part of the Galle Face Green last week, close to the Galle Face hotel, where Lisa and I spent a few afternoons sipping coconut water, waiting for her new Indian visa. Just a few weeks ago, I advised an American family (who had to leave the country briefly because you can only stay in India for six months at a time on the visas they issue) to go to Sri Lanka instead of Nepal or Singapore, because it's cheaper than Singapore and (supposedly) safer than Nepal right now. Good thing they disregarded my advice and went to Singapore. They would have likely been in Colombo last week at the time of the bombing. Tensions are running a little high with the Tamil Tigers right now.