Sad To Go, Ready To Go.

Tam and I have been in Kudawa, near the town of Kalpitiya, in the Northwest Province of Sri Lanka for two and a half months. We came here to kiteboard and to take my IKO instructor certification course. We have done all that, and now it comes time to leave this little place and start […]

The Trouble With Tuk Tuks.

Tam and I will be taking off in two days for our tuk tuk adventure around Sri Lanka. The tuk tuk (who is officially named Enzo) had some other ideas. As with any Ferrari vehicle, they tend to be finicky and a bit sensitive at best, and our Ferrari-Imposter is no different. On our way […]

The Hard Part Is…

I am aware that there is suffering in this world. In fact, the four noble truths of the teachings of Buddha are (in my simple-minded explanation): 1.) There is suffering. It’s all suffering. The totality of life is suffering. Being born, living, wanting, craving, and dying are all suffering. 2.) The origin of suffering is […]

Finished!

I just finished my IKO (International Kiteboarding Organization) instructor class! After two weeks, eighty hours of theory and practical, and about twenty hours of homework and study, I can teach kiteboarding. I took a course here in Sri Lanka with this fun, funny, incredibly experienced guy named Matty from England. He made the course a […]

It is a Ferrari after all!

Well, it turns out all you have to do is go to the local sticker shop, have a couple of custom stickers made (for about four US dollars), slap them on your tuk tuk, and voila! It is a Ferrari! Simple as that…