The other day I saw news that Sri Lanka had declared a state of emergency. I felt sad and remembered the first time I went to this island a few years ago. Stars, waves, plains in the fog, forest of fireflies

The other day I saw news that Sri Lanka had declared a state of emergency. I felt sad and remembered the first time I went to this island a few years ago. The stars, the waves, the plains in the fog, the forests where fireflies fluttered, "used to climb the mountain in the early morning to meet the sunrise, the bus bumped all day, and also crossed the deserted plains until the shoes were rotten." And that jewelly smile, which is dodgy and tender. Four words: up the mountain and down to the sea. This is the Ceylon you walked through. "Everything is running forward, there is no time to grasp, only cherish, cherish."