I'm literally crying right now, Katie!!! This is just so beautiful and I'm from KANDY!!!! This is so exciting to find people knowing my country when half of the world doesn't! This is typical Sri Lanka! A third world country with the most humble and friendly people you'll ever meet! (I mean not all of them, but you get what I mean!) And the monkeys 🤣 I promised my dad to never go to Anuradhapura, another sacred town like Kandy, after a freaking monkey came and ripped my flowers out of my hand! They do be out there scaring us all! I swore to never go there and not to even take my children one day 😅😅😅 I've been there for countless times after that. But my 6 year old could never! I'm so glad you wrote this! It is truly 'lassanai' 💕✨
I loved Kandy😍 and yes I’ve noticed it’s not even on some maps! And honestly I had never heard of it either until I came across the mental health organization that sent people there. It was sooo beautiful. I dream of returning one day and getting some good Sri Lankan food😍. Lol and yes the monkeys!! What I didn’t write about was how I got lice and dengue fever that summer and I have a picture of a monkey on my head picking lice out of my hair🥴 I’m so glad our paths crossed on Substack. If you ever write about Sri Lanka I’d love to get whisked away and read it🥰
I'm literally crying right now, Katie!!! This is just so beautiful and I'm from KANDY!!!! This is so exciting to find people knowing my country when half of the world doesn't! This is typical Sri Lanka! A third world country with the most humble and friendly people you'll ever meet! (I mean not all of them, but you get what I mean!) And the monkeys 🤣 I promised my dad to never go to Anuradhapura, another sacred town like Kandy, after a freaking monkey came and ripped my flowers out of my hand! They do be out there scaring us all! I swore to never go there and not to even take my children one day 😅😅😅 I've been there for countless times after that. But my 6 year old could never! I'm so glad you wrote this! It is truly 'lassanai' 💕✨
I loved Kandy😍 and yes I’ve noticed it’s not even on some maps! And honestly I had never heard of it either until I came across the mental health organization that sent people there. It was sooo beautiful. I dream of returning one day and getting some good Sri Lankan food😍. Lol and yes the monkeys!! What I didn’t write about was how I got lice and dengue fever that summer and I have a picture of a monkey on my head picking lice out of my hair🥴 I’m so glad our paths crossed on Substack. If you ever write about Sri Lanka I’d love to get whisked away and read it🥰
Please do visit again!! And I’ll definitely tell you if I write about SL 💕And the dengue fever! Oh god it’s the worst!