I don’t know how he does it, I really don’t. Fahim can fall asleep in the weirdest positions. Like this. I mean, here you can clearly see him yawning, but he can and does sleep like this, too. This is our most common form of transportation here – a trishaw, also known as a...
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Trishaws, also known as tuk tuks or three wheelers or auto-rickshaws, are exceedingly handy vehicles, especially countries like Sri Lanka with its over-clogged roads. They’re small, maneuverable, and cost a lot less than regular vehicles. And they’re great for neighborhood ice cream and bread sales. Both the ice cream trishaws and bread trishaws play...
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We have a regular trishaw driver. Fahim’s family has been hiring him for years. He’s honest, he does a great job, he’s reliable, despite me being white he charges us a fair price, and if he can’t make it, he sends us someone else. He’s a great guy. Plus Fahim gets all his gossip from our...
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In Sri Lanka, many things are promised but not necessarily delivered. When we bought our fridge and stove yesterday, Fahim insisted that we receive delivery of them before noon, and the salesman agreed, but Fahim was not at all certain when they would actually arrive. Could be late into the afternoon, for all he...
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