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| Ali with birthday cards in Colombo, Sri Lanka 8 January 1992 |
30 years ago Ali celebrated her birthday in Colombo, Sri Lanka - on her last full day there before returning home to England.
During the past three weeks I have been recalling the trip Ali and I made with our good friend, Ray McGuinness, to India, where we stayed in the cities then known as Calcutta and Madras, before arriving on New Year's Day in Sri Lanka where we visited a few places in the south. I had hoped to write about aspects of the trip during recent weeks, but computer/scanning problems prevented this. I have at least been able to scan a couple of photos for now.
The highlight of the trip was meeting Sriyanee, whom Ali had been sponsoring for a few years and was now to meet for the first time. Ali had learnt Sinhala so that she could converse with and write to Sriyanee. I hope to write more about Ali's meeting with Sriyanee and about the trip another time.
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| Ali with Sriyanee 6 January 1992 |
