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Travel Blogs from Kegalle, Sri Lanka
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walking with elephants
... The foundation is situated on the families estate outside Kandy, where Mr Samarasinghe had kept elephants since the 1960s. In Sri Lanka there are over two hundred domesticated elephants, many of which work in the logging or tourist industry and ...
catch up
... on my afternoon off, its only a few Kms from here and is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the local area (and maybe Sri Lanka) it's a government owned rather than MEF which is a charity run by a family and it has far more elephants than here and ...
Dancing Queen
... to get some lunch whilst Chandana prepared to take Rani for a well-deserved walk. Lunch was at a local café and was traditional Sri Lankan food (Rice and Curry) I have eaten in a lot of "local" establishments recently and have finally got the hang ...
First day at Work
... in the jungle and luckily she was taken to the Pnnawala Elephant Orphanage, when she was 6 she was gifted by the then president of Sri Lanka to a local temple where she was a pet and thus not worked like a lot of Sri Lankan elephants. In 2001 her owners ...
All creatures great and small
... am vowing never to do it again (but always do) traveling by public transport is part of seeing and experiencing the real Sri Lanka and it seems inappropriate to get taxis every where when there are trains and buses (and they are very cheap!) ...
Elephant extravanganza...
Well I'm finally getting round to writing my first blog from Sri Lanka! Sorry its taken me so frickin long but I've been v busy and when I haven't been busy I've been lazy... But anyway I'm here now! Hmm where do I start?! I arrived in Colombo last ...
Address!
... So, the main reason of this update?! To give you my address; Hollie Bowshell The Millenium Elephant Foundation Randeniya Hiriwadunna Kegalle Sri Lanka OH and if you get a chance to watch 'This Morning' then the place I'm working at is on the ...
Pera Heras and partying!
Well hello again! Tis me, still having a fantastic time in Sri Lanka, looking after my lovely beautiful elephant Somaliya (who I've become rather attached to in case you couldnt tell!) and doing all sorts of other random things! Since I last wrote we've ...
Rain drops keep falling on my head
... smile politely at the group of locals sheltering under the roof of a local shop when a bus came down the road at normal Sri Lanka speed (mad fast) and splashed me with a rather large puddle of water, my humiliation now complete I squelched down the final ...
First impressions
... in Sri Lanka for 6 years, he pointed out that the man sitting on the other side of the plane was the President of Sri Lanka ! he was accompained by various Goverment minsters and security teams My flight was meant to stop over at Male , but as the ...
post haste ( or not as the case may be )
On Monday I went to Kegalle to collect a handmade ring that I had ordered, it is silver with one of Rani's tail hairs set in channels and is far nicer than it sounds ! Whilst there I decided to finally post the cards that I had written 2 weeks ago (Sorry ...
Highs and lows
On Saturday afternoon Rani was going into the nearby jungle to collect food for Gune (who was still poorly after his recent bout of ill health) I was invited along for a ride and whilst Rani did all the hard work I sat back (or up as the case may be) and ...
Poya Day
I would not normally have time to make 2 entries in one day but today is a Poya day (Buddhist festival that happens every full moon) Poya days are Bank Holidays and lots of shops and restaurants close. Club Concept the MEF restaurant across the road ...
Here comes the rain
... Rani and I having our early morning bath I took a TukTuk (mad 3 wheeled bike taxi thing that again deserves its one entry) into Kegalle town centre with one of the MEF staff to buy a local simcard, in short I have it and can now text and receive ...
Perahera
... instead we went to Kegalle which is about 15 minutes away by TukTuk (mad 3 wheeled bike taxi things that deserve there own entry) Kegalle is not a tourist destination which is good as every thing is priced at local prices (no tourist mark ups and thus no ...
Arrival
... there and once we had exchanged greetings (and asked about each other families which is a common topic of conversation in family orientated Sri Lanka) we went to see Rani This was the moment I had been thinking about since I left here in flood ...
48 hours
... (but without George the tortoise) Gardening Sri Lankan style is pretty hard work, Mr Kuru is very fond of telling us that Sri Lanka is a poor county and there are no power tools, instead there is a selection of very heavy wooden handles tools, his ...
That was the week that was
... and everyone was talking about "home" Its amazing to think this has been my home for 7 weeks now, it feels much longer than that ( Sri Lankan time moves at a very different rate to UK time ! ) As much as I am looking forward to coming home I am going to ...
Easter Sunday
... of every kind of shop you can image ( and many you can't ) it also has a market including the most smelly fish stall in Sri Lanka ( and possibly the world ) every shop keeper and stall holder is calling out for passers by to come and have a look at what ...
Happy New Year
... compensating by having 2 News year's days instead Today is the Sinhala and Tamil New Year and is of course a Bank Holiday (Sri Lanka having more bank holidays than any other country in the world with at least one every month) to give you ...
The Elephant Diary!
... sea up here so we have no idea why they sell them and secondly they sell really random inflatable toys like snowmen... half of Sri Lanka quite literally wouldn't even know what a snowman was! In addition, all the shops are about 10 metres apart from each ...
Stairway to heaven
... hour the news was the parade would start at 10.30 so we decided to brave the still pouring rain to find somewhere selling Sri Lanka tea After 10 minutes (and we were soaked) we found a small boutique (local term for any roadside fixed building ...
Visas and Vaccines
... bookshop in the foyer by the lift but sadly no light bulbs or any other light giving products ) After a relevantly short time by Sri Lanka Government department standards Del had her visa and we decided to hit the shops ( where I found the internet café ...
Tail end
Wednesday Lunch time I was down at the temple with Doctor Anuranga to look for the puppy I had seen before, once we got there and said hello to the larger dogs ( including my little biting friend ) something caught my eye back near the temple gate laying ...
Habarana Part 2
... strictly necessary for a few days! We then went up to the village (a few KM drive on the worst road in Sri Lanka for potholes) to check everyone was ready only to find that the villagers had made 2 banners in Sinhla advertising the clinic and ...
Dog days
... courses. Kegalle public hospital is an extremely busy place as it offers free treatment ( it's a teaching hospital ) not all areas of Sri Lanka have access to free treatment locally ( or at all ) so people will travel miles for a doctor. Luckily for me ...
Anyone for Cricket ?
... we should worrying about ( and they include us in the "we" as there is no doubt in there mind "we" are supporting Sri Lanka ) Every one plays cricket here, the Tuk Tuk drivers play in the road outside MEF and as the boundary is up near ...
The final countdown...
... where the bus stops. But its nice. Anyone and everyone talks to you to practice their english. 'Your country from? How long Sri Lanka?' have become slightly tiring but still... What will I do in a country where I'm ordinary?! 9) LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY ...
Very cultural
... !) Looking forward to seeing you all soon. In next week's episode of the Sri Lankan blog, Top Ten Things I'll Miss About Sri Lanka. I may also include a multiple choice quiz for you to complete so that I know you've been paying attention. First prize ...
Raja Washing
... on the plane at Bangkok. PPPS - If you are actually have a bad day I don't mean to sound uncaring. Knowing that I'm in Sri Lanka with elephants probably doesn't compare to whatever is happening. E-mail and tell me about it and I'll give you some proper ...
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