Thursday, April 19, 2007

Golf in Kandy
Last week we had another business meeting in Kandy. We were again staying with the assisting architect Mahanama, called Hanamahama by Ward. He lives in a very nice house, on a hill overlooking the mountains, with a beautiful sunset. We celebrated the Singhalese new year at this house, and we built a nice swimming pool for the occasion.
We heard that the best golf course of Asia could be found in Kandy. So in the weekend Ward and I took the morning bus of 6 o’clock. For me it was the first time to play golf on a real golf course. And I did quite good as you can see on the pictures! We got our own caddy, and mine taught me how to play golf.
It is a bit strange to play a game that is played by the most high society, rich, posh and snobbish people in the Netherlands. And especially to play it here in Sri Lanka that is considered to be a development country and subject to a civil war. Well, whatever about these things because it was probably the most fantastic view you can ever get while playing sports. And I liked the game!