Is it raining on the 4th Kumbal - jacket or umbrella, I only have one backpack slot
Sky over the lake is doing that Kandy thing where it looks fine and then it is not. I do not want a golf umbrella in a packed crowd and I do not want to be that rustling-poncho person either. What are people carrying tonight.
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A cheap folded poncho in the pocket. Umbrellas block the view behind you and they become weapons when the line turns. If you bought a ticketed seat under a gallery, still carry the poncho - galleries leak. Jacket if you run cold; tonight is humid, not Nuwara Eliya.
It spit for ten minutes last night, the tarmac went mirror, everyone laughed, procession did not pause. I would not skip because of a forecast.
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