Mosquito kill count...

...is approximately six. Swatting mozzie's when they bite you is like second nature for most Sri Lankan's however I still try to avoid killing them unless it's absolutely neccessary, taking precautions such as wearing socks, long trousers and a long sleeve jumper in the evening and hoping that I won't sweat myself into extinction.

At 3am in the morning though, it is hard to maintain one's strict Buddhist values when one discovers that a 'lone raider' has infiltrated the mosquito-net-sanctuary of peaceful sleep!



I'd say that about 80% of all my many mosquito bites (they love me) I don't even feel at the time, but you can be sure they'll leave something for you to remember them by when it swells up and starts itching incessantly...just another of my many allergies, mosquitoes.