The Globe In My Palm

BANDARANAIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT If you think that you have to pass immigration to feel a country, I can’t tell you how wrong you are. I was en route to Japan. I travelled by Sri Lankan airways and had a long haul at the Sri Lankan airport- the Bandaranaike international airport. To pass time I decided to look through the bazillion shops set up in the airport. It was no Heathrow but I was mesmerized. The spices native to the country, the different skin products, the bags, the clothes and most important of all, the tea. It is no secret that Ceylon tea is one of the best you will ever taste. There were so many varieties of tea available in the airport itself. And the best part is that all these Sri Lankan goodies are sold in the airport at affordable prices. I could feel Sri Lanka right in the airport. When I knew that we had a long haul, I brought books to read and downloaded a lot of songs to keep myself occupied as I thought that I would get bored. Expectation versus reality...