Looking out of the rain forest at a small village

The road to Paradise Beach Club
in Mirissa

This may look so serene, but there are millions of walking blood-sucking leeches just waiting to eat.

The view of our cabaña from the
hotel restaurant

Our very, very simple room, with mosquito netting

A sea turtle begging for food

The same boring sunset every night had
me longing for 10 minutes of TV

This was before the leeches escaped with
a gallon of my blood

Here I am catching the last wave
of the evening

Or before the giant bats stole our women

There were no leeches here

But there was this bad boy -- a four-foot
biting dragon lizard

A sea turtle nesting area

Christmas morning from a cafe on the beach

A few friends we met on the beach