Dear Jim,

Colombo, Ceylon December 13-20, 1908

Man you're really missing out. When we first arrived here I thought this was going to be one of those really boring cities that we visit because no one was cheering for us when we arrived, but I was wrong. I got to watch snake charmers control these poisonous snakes and even watch them attack a mongoose. The snake charmers would do their tricks on the ship and we didn't have to go anywhere to see it. There were dances and dinners too. Wish you would have decided to come, you would have loved all this.