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Negombo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Negombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka here we come
This is a top pick! Today we fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The flight took 45 minutes with Sri Lankan Airlines and is one of the best flights I've ever had. We landed just after lunch time and airport security was at its maximum. We had no idea where we were headed so we ...
Final Destination
This is a top pick! So my last stop and bit of a let down. A beech you cant swim in and now where the feel of the south beeches. So when the weather continued to act up I decided it was time to leave. The others had all flown home and it was my time to. I managed to ...
Happy New Year!!!
This is a top pick! Negombo, Sri Lanka - The rally driver dropped us off near some Tuk Tuks. We went to a beach place I saw in my book, which said bar closed. The Tuk Tuk driver (who normally works on commission) tried to imply that the place was closed! it wasn't and he ...
Yllattavaa sujuvuutta Sri Lankalla
Maa on taas vaihtunut! Malesian killinisyys seka puhtaat ja yksinkertaiset arkkitehtuuriset linjat ovat vaihtuneet intiamaiseen yksityiskohtien leikkiin. Taydelta Intialtahan tama maa ainakin viela vaikuttaa, muutamaa poikkeusta lukuun ottamatta! ...
I've arrived!!
... 20 minutes walk to my departure gate. It was here that i started talking to Sarah, a girl from Cardiff who was going to sri Lanka to teach and volunteer at the elephant orphanage. I immediately felt better and have been fine ever since! We arrived late ...
Negombo
... originally booked - The Ocean view guest house.. Very pleasant, clean and cheap and run by a nice Sri Lankan guy called Mark. Sri Lanka is a cleaner, quiter and less populated version of India and a lot bloody warmer than Delhi - It's nice to get back to ...
Up the South Coast - Tangalle to Negombo Road Trip
... is the main production centre for the wooden masks that were originally worn by performers in exorcism ceremonies and kolam dances. Many Sri Lankans still believe that diseases and illness can be caused by demons and there is a devil dance (which is ...
Negombo
Tagasitee on kahjuks alanud. Eile laekusime Negombosse, mis on Colombo eeslinn ja siit on lähemal lennujaama minna. Homne päev plaanitud suveniiride soppamiseks. Ülehomne hommik kavas veel vedeleda rannas ja õhtuks Colombo lennujaama, suund ...
Traveling in Style - My Style
... & was able to withdraw ~$100USD in rupees. All is well...until the next random time that my card won't work! I'm finding Sri Lanka very chilled. I feel like being on my own in a new, smaller place is going to recharge me. Stayed up ...
Trunks, tuk tuks and temples
... ; You can never have enough Buddha right? Well I hope not because, in Kandy, we visited another Buddhist temple. This one was Sri Lanka's most important one: the Temple of the Sacred Tooth. Although we couldn't see the tooth of Buddha, the smell of ...
Back to Malaysia but only to go on to Indonesia.
... ;way it was put to me. I was picked at 5 am from the hotel and that was the end of my time in Sri Lanka. I found it a facinating counntry which seemed to have everything. The only things missing were deserts and icefields!!! I hope that its not too ...
Transition time
... , however, were fishermen wrapped in skirts untangling their nets. The remaining fish flashed silver in the nets where they were stuck. Negombo, the beach village we had chosen to rest up after our long journey, is an unlikely combo of working fishing ...
A Trip on Thomas!!
... , but we were talking yesterday would that change the place and the people? It's kind of a privilege to see the "real" Sri Lanka going about it's daily business. Not missing home too much, although doing/getting anything here is a challenge, couldn't get ...
out to the airport
The airport itself was extremely high security. Between entering the vicinity of the airport and boarding the plane: 1- The tuktuk was searched and the driver's ID checked 2-I had to get out and walk the last 100 metres into the terminal because ...
Feeling the Heat
After briefly touching down at Male (the Maldives) to let honeymooners disembark, I arrived at Sri Lanka's international airport at Katunayaka, just north of Colombo at 3.35pm local time (GMT + 5 hours 30 minutes). Staggering off the long-haul night ...
Goodbye Lanka
... old days. A few remarks to him would therefore be in order here. Mahinda, when you finally fought your way to the Sri Lanka Freedom party presidential nomination in 2005, nowhere were you welcomed more warmly than in this column. Indeed, we broke with a ...
Sri Lanka travels
... trees, banana trees, pineapple, trees and tea plantations - and it took me an hour less to get back. Tonight I catch my late flight to Bangkok and Thailand, but I have enjoyed my time in Sri Lanka and will definately return. Wrap up well guys ...... ...
Night Stop in Sri Lanka
I am very fortunate this trip to be staying the night in Sri Lanka, courtesy of Sri Lankan airlines. They give you a free 3 star hotel, with 2 meals, refreshments and transfers included. It was only a 90 minutes flight from Goa direct to Colombo, ...
Negombo - too fruity for crows
Arriving in Sri Lanka was a real shock, like walking into a hot shower. It was very wet, very hot and very humid. Even by Sri Lankan standards it was wet, as the taxi from the airport negotiated streets flooded right across with 2 foot of water. It ...
2nd Stop - Bandaranayake International Airport
This is the first time I landed in Sri Lanka and I initially had a cultural shock especially when seeing cows grazing at the runway. The airport was heavily guarded by the army but a blessing in disguise was that I am having a Malaysian passport and we ...
Hello, Sri Lanka
On 02/01/2011 we packed our bags and left for Sri Lanka. Accompanied by Norma, Shirley and Rick, we made our way to Heathrow airport for our 9.30pm flight. A lovely last meal at cafe rouge before waving goodbye and heading through departures. Slightly ...
Landed in Sri Lanka
... ! The fourth man was already at the cash desk, processing our receipt. Within ten minutes, we had our modest stamp: “SRI LANKA IMMIGRATION, Permission to land, Stay 30 days." We breezed through to the cavernous and empty arrivals hall, a bounce in ...
Sri Lanka - the lazy way!
Hi, We've had a fab time in Sri Lanka, it's such a gorgeous country and the people are all really friendly! Unfortunately it's a touch on the expensive side so we're off to India tomorrow in search of a cheap beach hut to laze around in for a few ...
Peeking Duck
... through customs along with their bags! The host of our apartment accommodation met us to drive us the half hour or so to Negombo. We were pleased we had arranged this. Our apartment is off the main street and is an unobtrusive local style ...
Arriving in Sri Lanka
I finally arrived in Sri Lanka after a long shitty night in Singapore's Changi Airport. The transit hotel and other sleeping rooms were all overpriced, and either let you stay only 3 or 6 hours, so I held out as long as I could and had just 3 ...
Addendum
A traveller goes from place to place always expecting the next place to be better than the last- but it never is and thats why he keeps travelling!! Our earth is a small part of this vast universe so if you find a spectacular place just remember ...
Negombo
... for the pair and that included postage. I would have paid that for the lizard alone he is that nice. We have enjoyed our Sri Lanka tour and it was time to move on. We stayed two nights in Ngombo and on the morning of the 5th Feb we caught a ...
Arrivée un brin loosy...
C'est reparti pour un périple de 3 mois. Première destination : le sri lanka Levé 5h. Direction Paris Orly. Mon avion est à 10h mais décolle avec 20 minutes. Avec une correspondance à Kuala Lumpur et 40 minutes pour prendre le vol suivant pour ...
Last day in Sri Lanka....
... traversee aujourdhui et c'est pas terrible, un trafic monstrueux et anarchique, pollution, bidonvilles, pauvres, mendiants, mes premiers au Sri Lanka, et des gens beaucoup moins souriants... Vais aller manger et boire une biere demain reveil a 4h30 pour ...