I sit on the balcony and just wonder “how did I end up here?”
It is a December morning with Christmas fast approaching.
About an hour ago I was woken up by the early morning light that washes over hills below our bedroom window which has a view towards the Southern coast of this Paradise Island.
My balcony sits below a glorious Sri Lankan Fig Tree which is bathed in a kaleidoscope of light.
Music is provided freely by the winged visitors that whistle, tweet and call to each other appearing to be saying “Good morning World!”.
My peaceful start is disturbed by three of my four legged friends that want to join the party.
Mans, and my best friends, are acknowledged by a gentle pat on their heads and then they settle at the balcony end to also enjoy the view.
I look at my temperature gauge and smile as I see the digits twenty three point nine degrees celsius.
Not many years ago I would be fighting my way through the throng of London’s Underground network targeting arriving in the office on time.
I would be wrapped up tightly to ward off the icy blasts of that the European Winter would throw at me.
Approaching the box that would be my coffin for the coming eight or so, hours I automatically pick up a generic coffee which is encased in a ,less than environmentally friendly, disposable cup and my blood pressure would eventually settle after being tormented on the start to a traumatic day.
My coffee today has been picked from the Estate, processed and roasted on a skillet over an open fire. Bean to cup has travelled about two hundred metres.
However I got here, I am just thankful.
To experience a relaxing morning listening to birdsong and being surrounded by a blanket of green come to the beautiful Sri Lankan Hill Country and spend some deserved vacation at GlenMyu Estate, Hotel and Bed & Breakfast, Haputale, Sri Lanka.
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