Ghost-blogger Mama

So Isaiah returned Sunday afternoon from a 10-day trip to Dubai and Sri Lanka. He was in Dubai for work but decided to extend the trip by three days and fly down to Sri Lanka because who knows when he'll get back to that part of the world.

We always love hearing about his adventures whenever he return from these trips, but this particular one was so unusual and amazing that I felt it needed to be preserved in the annals of Erichsen-Webster history, and Isaiah isn't likely to do that, so I'm assuming the role of "Ghost-blogger Mama." I wasn't there, of course, so I don't have the complete story, but I'll do what I can.

Dubai is a beautiful city, according to Isaiah, with gracious, welcoming people. He thoroughly enjoyed his time there. Everything is big, and not only big, but in several cases, biggest! He went to the top of the world's tallest building and wandered through the world's largest shopping mall. Can you imagine? The world's largest shopping mall wasted on a minimalist like Isaiah.

Life in Sri Lanka was quite the opposite of the wealth he observed in Dubai; however, it was equally beautiful. Isaiah said he feared for his life, racing through the jungle on the two-lane road that weaves through the country. He saw monkeys, visited museums, and rode an elephant.

He stayed in the home of his tour guide, who prepared giant feasts and explained that in Sri Lanka, one must eat everything that is prepared in order not to offend the host. All three meals each day included rice and curry, and in their culture, they don't use utensils but rather eat with their hands. Isaiah's comment: "It's quite efficient, actually." 

Being 6'4" was a distinct disadvantage, when the average height of an adult in Sri Lanka is 5'6". Isaiah hit his head multiple times walking through doors and said his bed only reached down to his shins.

Even so, it was a fabulous experience, and he is so glad he went. I'm glad too. I'm even more glad he's home safe. Shulamith and I definitely want to go there, along with just about everywhere else Isaiah travels. For now, we'll live vicariously through him, but one day...

One day it will be our turn.