We reached Colombo around 4 PM pretty tired. Mr. Raja John and Dr. James met us. We loaded our stuff onto the van and we set off immediately on the 12 hour drive to kalmunai. After brief stops for food we reached a standstill at 11 PM – a bridge was closed and would open only at 5 AM. Yaaawn… so we parked our van on the side under a tree (with jungle all around) and dozed off in the van. Our driver kept vigil – we were touched by his refusal to sleep! God kept us safe – no mosquitoes, rain or wild elephants. 3:30 AM the bridge was opened and we were on our way again – we had slept fitfully!