Tangalla, Sri Lanka Travel Blogs

If u crocodile, don't forget to scream!
Sep 18, 2007

Today Gourie who helps in the kitchen, was off so Milani helped to cook meaning she asked to teach her Preschool class. It just so happened that the 3 loudest and worst behaved where all present so it was all fun! I'm well used to them now and to be fair ...

Let's talk about cricket
Sep 25, 2007

... in English very well when it comes to cricket. I really should start to take an interest as we're going to watch England v Sri Lanka in October.   We're traveling up to Colombo tomorrow night in preparation of a day trip to Kandy on Wednesday. It's ...

Tree
Jul 10, 2007

Today I learnt alongside the preschool children - I can now write "tree" in Sinhala! You never know when that's going to come in handy! It's such an artistic language - I don't know how people write so quickly.   There was a parent/teacher meeting ...

Tangalla - Sri Lankan Coast
Mar 28, 2006 (4 photos)

... tourists, and as this is a main income in this area they desperatly need tourists now more than ever...people as always in Sri Lanka are so friendly, but you can tell from their faces here that they are especially pleased to see you. Tangalla, is and ...

Sri Lankan hospitality
Feb 6, 2006 (33 photos)

... to finish the work off in time so we lent our hands to the task. Indika is a well renowned and respected artist and sculptor in Sri Lanka and his gallery was devastated by the tsunami and 160 or so of his works were washed away. He recovered a couple of ...

Cookery classes & Turtle Watching
May 1, 2008 (10 photos)

... 5 green turtles on the beach.  Green turtles are the most common species in SL, but there are 5 present in Sri Lanka, Green, Leatherback, Loggerhead, Olive Ridley and Hawksbill.  It takes them about an hour to come onshore and select the area ...

To the coast, finally!
Oct 28, 2009

Today was spent mostly in Transit Just a quick walk through Nuwara Eliya and the chill before starting our way down the coast to Tangalle Via Ella We had a pretty quiet night in Tangalle, people are heaps friendlier down this way!

Uda Walawe National Park
Mar 19, 2008 (10 photos)

... because you are Western unless you have a connection.  We are strongly recommended not to use the public buses to get around in Sri Lanka as a whole just now and I am just going to stick to using a driver and it is much more flexible. Sunimal ...

Peace among the palms at Surya Garden
Jan 7, 2008 (53 photos)

... migrated every evening, but it appears some of them hang around to dance in the starlight. So far I've spent three weeks in Sri Lanka... and this last week has been like heaven on earth.  Heaven briefly turned into hell the other day when I was ...

Introduction to Sri Lanka
Mar 13, 2008 (10 photos)

... work with local communities to strengthen support and development in the area of mental health in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka.  http://www.creativeaction.org.lk.  Basic Needs is an International NGO and founder/partner of Creative Action ...

Building Houses
Jul 14, 2006 (3 photos)

We went to some MCC partner projects, where they are building houses for people who were affected by the Tsunami. Its been a year and a half since the Tsunami hit, and people are still not in houses! It was really sad. People are living in schools, ...

Elephants at last!
Aug 16, 2007 (6 photos)

Since i arrived in Sri lanka there have been 2 animals i wanted to see. Monkeys and Elephants. The monkeys have proved elusive and i have not seen one yet. I have heard them, as they regularly wake me up at night with their screeching, but alas have not ...

The last 'normal' weekend..
Oct 7, 2007

I say that because of the next 3 weekends, we are in Columbo watching Sri Lanka beat england at the cricket ( the test will be whether Caroline can get past 10 mins without getting bored), the team are here the following weekend, and the weekend after ...

Recette du Alou Tharkali, plat tibetain..
Nov 5, 2009 (5 photos)

- 2 grosses patates coupees en frites - gros haricots verts coupes tres finement - 1 oignon coupe grossierement - 2 gousses d'ail - 2 piments verts coupes dans la longueur - 2 tomates coupees en des - ginger (3 cm sur 1cm) - poudre veg massala - poudre ...

lounging in tangalle
Dec 21, 2006 (12 photos)

... pictures and no inclination towards blogging. pictures will come but any chance of saying anything of relevance is slipping away fast. sri lanka appears to have kept it's southwest monsoon for an extra six months and shows no signs of letting go. ...

Washout
Mar 15, 2008

Another exciting journey took us to Tangalle. We already knew half of this road, it being the one we travelled when we went just a bit beyond our stop. The first part had two security checks and lots of men with guns but really it was the mad driving ...

Recette du chutney, plat indien et nepalais
Nov 5, 2009 (3 photos)

Couper finement un oignon et 3 tomates. Couper finement aussi un piment rouge et un piment vert, moins si vous n'aimez pas trop epice. Melanger le tout, tout en continuant a hacher. Ajouter de l'ail, selon les gouts, puis de la coriandre fraiche. Saler. ...

The Southern most point of Sri Lanka....
Mar 27, 2008

... goes over a stream to enter our room (hoverer the room is a bit smelly!) Today we've visited the southern most point of Sri Lanka, well that's what we were told, I'm sure the Lonely P just writes anything - I'm sure the next headland along protruded out ...

Beach Break
Dec 4, 2009 (1 photos)

So the day started innocuously enough as we took the bus down to the coast. Now Sri Lankan buses are usually either 105% or 125% full - for most of the 3 hours this was the latter but once down from the hills it was a good pretty straight road & Liz ...

First Encounters
Oct 30, 2009 (12 photos)

Social sciences are much more easily studied than practiced, is the nugget of wisdom emerging from my first day as "Miss Iso". The first thing I felt was a great “hair envy”, as all the schoolgirls stood in the playground with immaculate waist ...

Il pleut il pleut bergere....
Nov 5, 2009

... chambre qui pue le moisi, et retour a la guest house pour cours de cuisine, lecture, bedos et bieres, et nice chicken curry.... Voila, passionnant. Ah si je me suis aussi achete des souvenirs, 5 petits masques sri lankais, et ai ecrit 4 cartes postales...

Apres la pluie le beau temps: euh non pas ici...
Nov 4, 2009 (5 photos)

... route sont morts de rire de voir deux blancs tout mouilles, surtout moi sur ma mob toute ripou, quand on voit un panneau indiquant Tangalla a 16km! Merde on s'est plantes de route!!! On est verts et mouilles, on a froid, mais on se laisse pas aller et 40 ...

The insect slayer. Never mind fireflies
Nov 9, 2009

   I really have tried placing my fear of insects into perspective, and to rationalize on the fact that there are people a few hundred meters from where I'm sitting now who have to face a daily reality that I probably can’t even ...

Smacked with reality
Nov 3, 2009

... that a child does not feel safe in the place that should be its shelter makes me angry. Obviously this is not a situation unique to Sri Lanka, but this is the first time I have been faced with it. It appears to be difficult for women and children to get ...

Sri Lanka
Aug 29, 2004 (1 photos)

Namaste, I arrived in Tangalla at 12:00 after a two and a half hour bustrip. I took a room in Gajana guesthouse with seaview for 700 rp. The restaurant has a fine menu with fresh fish so it will be perfect four a few days of relaxing. The second day was ...