Catching up...
Jan. 27th, 2013 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusAt some point, I promise to do proper posts about my trip to Sri Lanka (with pics and everything), but somehow I can't quite seem to get into the right mindset - I think if I hadn't come back with this sprain, it might have happened when I got back but I still have 250 or so pics to sort through before I can do it any justice.
It was a good introduction to the island, though perhaps not as restful as I could have done with as we didn't stay in many places more than one night, except for Kandy and the coast, the latter being a beach resort that really didn't do it for me. At least if I go back, I know where I'll want to spend more time. It also didn't help that it was unseasonably wet, making even our guide wonder what was going on. On the plus side, I easily ate my body weight in both extremely good curry (to the point where I've actually bought a cookbook in the hope of replicating some of them) and fresh fruit.
Unfortunately, it looks as though my well-travelled point-and-shoot camera is on its last legs as it's sucking down batteries like there's no tomorrow. The pictures are still pretty good but not good enough to compensate for the battery thing, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's 9 or 10 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. I'm currently trying to decide whether to replace it with something similar or buy myself a DSLR instead, with all the potential for obsessive behaviour that implies...
In other news, I'm back at work now and waiting on a physio appointment for my wrist. It's significantly better than it was but still not great, particularly when it comes to driving, which is very much part of the job.
And I'm thinking about my next holiday, which should come as no surprise to anyone... ;)
It was a good introduction to the island, though perhaps not as restful as I could have done with as we didn't stay in many places more than one night, except for Kandy and the coast, the latter being a beach resort that really didn't do it for me. At least if I go back, I know where I'll want to spend more time. It also didn't help that it was unseasonably wet, making even our guide wonder what was going on. On the plus side, I easily ate my body weight in both extremely good curry (to the point where I've actually bought a cookbook in the hope of replicating some of them) and fresh fruit.
Unfortunately, it looks as though my well-travelled point-and-shoot camera is on its last legs as it's sucking down batteries like there's no tomorrow. The pictures are still pretty good but not good enough to compensate for the battery thing, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's 9 or 10 years old so I suppose it was bound to happen eventually. I'm currently trying to decide whether to replace it with something similar or buy myself a DSLR instead, with all the potential for obsessive behaviour that implies...
In other news, I'm back at work now and waiting on a physio appointment for my wrist. It's significantly better than it was but still not great, particularly when it comes to driving, which is very much part of the job.
And I'm thinking about my next holiday, which should come as no surprise to anyone... ;)
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Date: 2013-01-28 11:06 am (UTC)I also have the Lumix G (SLR type). Took me a while to sort out manual settings - I was doing a London at Dawn photo course - but I got there. However, while everyone else was struggling with tripods I ditched mine after the first week and did a lot of low light hand held shots. This is smaller and lighter than all the other equivalents.
BTW if batteries are rechargeable could be that they need replacing.
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Date: 2013-01-29 10:08 pm (UTC)I hope work turns out okay, and your wrist is better soon.
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