Author Archives: billybaba
FEBRUARY 7, WEDNESDAY
A DAY IN DELHI My unexpected last day in Delhi I went in the morning to Chandni Chowk and walked down narrow streets around the main road. All the stores are wholesale and the narrow streets were full of men
FEBRUARY 7, WEDNESDAY
A DAY IN DELHI My unexpected last day in Delhi I went in the morning to Chandni Chowk and walked down narrow streets around the main road. All the stores are wholesale and the narrow streets were full of men
FEBRUARY 6, TUESDAY
DELHI STREET SCENES Today was to be my last day in Delhi, so before my final dentist appointment at 4 p.m. I wanted to shoot spatial videos of street scenes of places I had been to many times in the
FEBRUARY 6, TUESDAY
DELHI STREET SCENES Today was to be my last day in Delhi, so before my final dentist appointment at 4 p.m. I wanted to shoot spatial videos of street scenes of places I had been to many times in the
FEBRUARY 5, MONDAY
FIRST DAY IN DELHI I am staying in the Master Guest House where I have stayed a number of times before with Kathe and Elke and Todd and Susie. Traveling alone as an old man it is nice to have
FEBRUARY 5, MONDAY
FIRST DAY IN DELHI I am staying in the Master Guest House where I have stayed a number of times before with Kathe and Elke and Todd and Susie. Traveling alone as an old man it is nice to have
FEBRUARY 4, SUNDAY
ON THE WAY TO DELHI In the morning I had a quick breakfast at Nooit Gedacht, not knowing when I would be able to eat again. Yesterday was both a Sunday and Sri Lankan Independence day from Britain. Suddenly it
FEBRUARY 4, SUNDAY
ON THE WAY TO DELHI In the morning I had a quick breakfast at Nooit Gedacht, not knowing when I would be able to eat again. Yesterday was both a Sunday and Sri Lankan Independence day from Britain. Suddenly it
FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY
HAPPY BANANA I am sitting in the Happy Banana restaurant where our groups often ate in our 10 trips to Sri Lanka during our days of relaxation at Una Watuna. It is now a greatly expanded Happy Banana with a
FEBRUARY 3, SATURDAY
HAPPY BANANA I am sitting in the Happy Banana restaurant where our groups often ate in our 10 trips to Sri Lanka during our days of relaxation at Una Watuna. It is now a greatly expanded Happy Banana with a
FEBRUARY 2, FRIDAY
NOOIT GEDACHT BIRDS Last September I bought the iPhone 15 pro max for its camera. I am going to start updating every year through a T-Mobile plan because the camera improves so much year by year. The three huge improvements
FEBRUARY 2, FRIDAY
NOOIT GEDACHT BIRDS Last September I bought the iPhone 15 pro max for its camera. I am going to start updating every year through a T-Mobile plan because the camera improves so much year by year. The three huge improvements
FEBRUARY 1, THURSDAY
RATHNA‘S GUEST HOUSE Today I made a trip down memory lane with a visit to Rathna‘s Guest House a couple of kilometers down from Nooit Gedacht. In about 1992 my son joined me and Susie when we took a student
FEBRUARY 1, THURSDAY
RATHNA‘S GUEST HOUSE Today I made a trip down memory lane with a visit to Rathna‘s Guest House a couple of kilometers down from Nooit Gedacht. In about 1992 my son joined me and Susie when we took a student
JANUARY 31, WEDNESDAY
NOOIT GEDACHT “NEVER THOUGHT OF” Not only did I get a sense of the overwhelming power of the Dutch and their colonial ambitions in the Galle Fort but the guest house where I am staying was built as his country
JANUARY 31, WEDNESDAY
NOOIT GEDACHT “NEVER THOUGHT OF” Not only did I get a sense of the overwhelming power of the Dutch and their colonial ambitions in the Galle Fort but the guest house where I am staying was built as his country
JANUARY 30, TUESDAY
BAREFOOT SHOP The shop that most impressed me in the Galle Fort area was the Barefoot Shop. I have been a number of times to the Barefoot Shop in Colombo but thought that this time, because the new highway goes
JANUARY 30, TUESDAY
BAREFOOT SHOP The shop that most impressed me in the Galle Fort area was the Barefoot Shop. I have been a number of times to the Barefoot Shop in Colombo but thought that this time, because the new highway goes
JANUARY 29, MONDAY
GALLE AND THE GALLE FORT On our second day in Una Watuna Winsor and Thalatha took me on the short bus ride to Galle, the major city of southern Sri Lanka. Winsor thought that I would find the Galle Fort
JANUARY 29, MONDAY
GALLE AND THE GALLE FORT On our second day in Una Watuna Winsor and Thalatha took me on the short bus ride to Galle, the major city of southern Sri Lanka. Winsor thought that I would find the Galle Fort
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 