E.M. arrived in Kandy

Just a short message --I am alive and well and living in Sri Lanka.

I have "checked in" to the Burmese Rest House (that's on "Old Matale
Road", Kandy) and, in theory, that rest house can be contacted by
telephone.  The monks who operate the rest house are indeed Burmese
--thus, they do speak some English, but I do not know if any of them
understand Sinhala.

It seems that I will be meeting Premasiri and a few other professors
at the university today --i.e., I may remain difficult to contact for
the next 24 hours.  In the near future I should make a telephone call
to the Forest Hermitage --perhaps tomorrow or the next day.

I have barely had 4 hours of sleep since I arrived here, and therefore
abstain from comment on the interesting discussion ongoing on the list
these days.

E.M.