So as I go around the world, I'm making predictions of what I should get, subtracting them off.

Today I want to drive around Moscow with an American flag in the window of my car. If I can find a flag.

As I traveled around the island admiring its ancient capitals, notably the ones sacked by Tamil kings, and Buddhist shrines set up to counter the impact of Hinduism, I began to understand the traumas endured by the Sinhalese.