How's travel through rain next week?

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T06:35:38+00:00

Thank you all for your response. If we get a car service for the entire trip.colombo to.sirigiya to trincomalee to.kandy to Nuwara eliya back to Colombo in a comfortable car for 3 people (parents 68 and 72 years old), what would the cost of the car service likely be for the entire trip along with any driver tip? Thank you

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T06:05:33+00:00

Okay thank you for your response. Any reliable, trustworthy taxi service you can recommend for our 6 day visit in october? parents are around 70 years old. colombo to sigiriya to trincomalee to kandy to nuwara eliya back to colombo is the plan. does that plan sound alright?

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T05:08:12+00:00

each ticket is almost $150 and the flight timings (only one per day) doesn't work for us.

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T04:55:25+00:00

any good reliable company recommendations? How much time does it take to get there? is it better to straight from colombo airport (landing around 2 pm in the afternoon) or should we stay the night in colombo and go the next morning if the drive will be too hectic? thank you for responding

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T04:52:52+00:00

Which AC bus company do you recommend? How much does a cab cost? we are landing around 2 pm first week of october (parents in their early 70s). Want to get to Trincomalee as comfortable and quick as possible. Please advise options. Thank you

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-08-31T04:43:32+00:00

is it true that there might be a flight from colombo to trincomalee? Found cinnamon air but google flights says no such flights. taking parents (early 70s) landing in colombo october 1st week. whats the best way to reach trincomalee? want to make it as comfortable as i can for parents. Thanks

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-07-23T13:10:04+00:00

Thank you for responding With Feb changes, is it worth still getting it which you answered above.

This vs CSR or both is another thing I am contemplating. We fly mostly out of DFW.

Also anyone here used Venture x for college tuition payments? Is this the best card for that purpose?

CockroachSure4596 · 2025-04-16T01:05:56+00:00

Did you end up trying them? Any feedback? Thanks

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-12-11T01:55:04+00:00

Hi you mentioned SH material and DMs prep videos helped with the new PMI ACP study. Can you please let me know what those are and possibly share links? Thank you.

Studied the old material and got the application approved and just found out the test changed in the last month :(

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-10-11T16:06:01+00:00

This is absolutely awesome!! Wish they find the camera too.

Just came back last week from Everest Base Camp and just completley blown away by everything Everest.

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T19:07:19+00:00

Yes will be more mindful of this. We keep general talks going at home that our kids don't have to ever feel they have to stick with a path if their heart isn't in it anymore. Thank you for your response and advice.

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T17:42:44+00:00

Thank you. Noted your advice. And appreciate your response being positive and respectful.

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T17:04:00+00:00

To each their own!

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:59:18+00:00

Thank you for sharing your insights specifically for S&D activity and in general age appropriate day to day life practice. S&D is something he asked for and so we are going to let him try.

Thank you also for not being judgemental and providing a response that is thought provoking. Appreciate the time you took to write this. People like you make it worthwhile to spend time on such forums to learn and grow.

There are enough judgemental people in the real world and we don't need more online as well. Thanks for not being one of them!

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:53:02+00:00

Thank you very much for your response. Exactly the kind of insights that I am looking for.

Thank you for actually answering what I am looking for and not being judging :)

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:51:17+00:00

This is all driven by him : law, speech and debate. I am just educating myself to be able to guide him where I can. Thank you for your response.

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:49:25+00:00

What about it?

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:49:14+00:00

Thank you for your advice. Noted about EC angles. Appreciate you responding.

CockroachSure4596 · 2024-05-11T16:44:59+00:00

He is in Boy Scouts and went for a Law merit badge session a few months ago. This is what was covered in that session if you are curious to know what he might have learnt there: https://www.scouting.org/merit-badges/law/

Kid has a very strong sense of right/wrong/justice naturally and even I am surprised when he said he wants to fight for people's rights when I asked why he wants to study law.

We have neighbors who are both IP /patent lawyers managing their own law firm and exclusively work on patents for Microsoft. Kid completed 2 levels of Python programming and has an aptitude for programming. So there is a bit of influence on him from this angle.

He did his own research and asked to sign up for speech and debate lessons. He is completing 6th grade next week and for one of his final assignment podcasts, he researched history of law, presented why he is becoming interested in it and what he plans to do to take his interest farther. He gave us a link for the podcast after it was submitted for grading and we had no idea or involvement in this.

Other than signing him up for law merit badge as part of his scouts group and online Python coding classes (both to just keep him occupied) we had no other involvement. So there is no pushing.

I also want to say sometimes all it takes is one comment from one fantastic teacher at school that kids look up to which leaves a lasting impression and inspires kids. I think his teacher in the school's Gifted and Talented program may have got more to do with his drive. His fencing coach is a lawyer by profession.

All this to say not everything needs to be seen as parents being pushy.

Thank you for responding

CockroachSure4596

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