“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Do you know how sometimes on very fine days the sun will shine with a particular intensity that makes the most mundane objects in the landscape glow with an unusual radiance, so that buildings and structures you normally pass without a glance suddenly become arresting, even beautiful? Well, they seem to have that light in Australia nearly all the time.” ― Bill Bryson 
“Do the people in Australia call the rest of the world ‘Up Over’?” ― Steven Wright 
“Stop worrying about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in Australia.” ― Charles M. Schulz 
“I was hunting for some kind of explanation of how everything fit together.” ― Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery 
Rising six hundred feet above the surrounding plains, Sigiriya is one of the cultural highlight of Sri Lanka. This medieval capital tells the story of a king who was ironically afraid of heights, and loved women. 
The Sigiriya Damsels are the most famous collection of paintings in Sri Lanka. They were painted in the 5th century, making them the oldest non-religious paintings to survive in Sri Lanka. 
One of the engineers asked if I would like to ride up front for a bit. I said yes. 
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