Colombo is 30 degrees Celsius every day, "cooler than Japan." I spoke with Mr. Ranjit on the phone this morning. . . “We have Sunday teatime on the 22nd. Do you have anything to say to the guests?” Ranjit : “Colombo is hot these days and it’s 30 degrees every day!” Japan is 35 degrees every day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's not getting cooler, the lingering summer heat is severe today. When I talked about watermelon and melon tea, he said that watermelon is delicious in Japan and he would like to try it. There was no special news, but it seems that there was an event in Hambantota, which was further south of Goal, where a large trading port was completed and seawater was added. Mr. Ranjit went to see it. I wanted to go see it too...