The trip to the villages ended in an interesting way

I took a three day trip to two different villages in southern part of Sri Lanka last week. The drive took about 7 hrs one way, and I saw so many different scenaries of Sri Lanka--rice paddy fields, tea plantations in the beautiful hill country, pristine beaches w/wild peacocks, the civil war battleground w/wild elephants crossing the streets etc. I'm sure it's a matter of time before Sri Lanka becomes the destination for all. It's just too beautiful not to be discovered. Anyway, it was all fun and very touching to meet all the villagers, but what I remember the most from this trip is that I got drank in the car with my boss on the way back home!

When I travel, I'm usually with men only-my boss and co-worker. During the last trip, they asked me if I liked to drink. I told them that I do occasionally, but not much since I came to Sri Lanka as I'm not allowed to drink at where I live (Buddhist hostel). I didn't think much of this conversation until the last day. Until when my co-worker jumped out of the car all the sudden and came back with a bottle of Lion beer, whisky, and plastic cups! They said that it's not illegal to have open bottles in a car. They were like "nobody cares, really. We work hard and need to drink sometimes. Just don't tell anyone". Oh...a beautiful Buddhist country! I love Sri Lanka more now :).

As they drink, they kept saying "just a little bit, just a little bit." I had 1/2 of the bottle of the beer, maybe. But, my boss and co-worker ,who are both pretty devout Buddhists, went for it. I mean they really did. They stopped the car every 5 mins, so that they can pour whisky into plastic cups without spilling. They kept asking me if I wanted whisky, but I decided against it. I wasn't sure if I could handle it with the bumpy and windy road. By the time we got back in town, both the beer and whisky bottles were empty. My co-worker became extremely talkative, and I just couldn't wait to get out of the car... My boss also chews betel all day long too. At the end of the trip (1am!!), he smiled at me with red-stained teeth and said "good trip. You don't need to come in until 10am tomorrow..."