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Sri Lanka Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Sri Lanka
fuite en avant à Kalpitiya
... . Il n’en finit pas de m’en répéter dans un anglais approximatif : « never forget, come to Sri Lanka, 1 year , 2 year, 10 years with your family, come to Sampath home ! ».J’ai finalement passé 3 jours dans la ...
What is Portugal abroad?
Se vos perguntasse o que é que Portugal sugere, qual é a primeira coisa que diziam? Cristiano Ronaldo? “Please don’t!” Oiço o nome deste senhor vezes sem conta durante o dia. Vou começar a dizer que sou de Espanha, Itália ou ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka at last
... ambience and atmosphere of the place is entirely different. The first thing that we both noticed was the traffic....Cars in Sri Lanka not only have mirrors and indicators.....THEY ACTUALLY USE THEM! Although drivers use their horns more over here than ...
Excursion to Sri Lanka
... it was much smarter than Trivandrum airport. In fact, as we took our taxi through the city it was apparent that the whole of Sri Lanka was like a smarter version of India. Our taxi took us through the city to the town of Panadura a few kilometres to the ...
And if a stranger...
... , razias e travagens bruscas, isso é...impulse coisa nenhuma...é simplesmente falta de estômago para viajar nos transportes públicos do Sri Lanka... Faça-se um homem meu rapazola! E se um pica aleatoriamente depois de olhar para a sua caraça, ...
Another year, another country
... area outside our room, a massive mosquito net over the bed, and all for just over 5 pounds. So our immediate impressions of Sri Lanka were good. After dumping our bags the first thing we did was grin at each other in excitement because it all ...
Happy Birthday Dear Wilma
... at the beach, even if I did get more than just a little burned. We randomly ended up in 'Funky de Bar' where I kicked Sri Lankan ass at Connect 4. Knew that perfecting those Connect 4 skills would come in handy one day! Then there was some crazy game ...
To infinity and beyond...
... in England? Boyfriend in Sri Lanka?" My answers also run to script: "My name is Sophie. I come from England. I've been in Sri Lanka for 3 weeks teaching English. I have a boyfriend called Peter who I live with and we will soon be getting married. I do ...
In search of elephants
... and quality. But it wasn't all bad because 50 dollars really isn't that much, and it was a nice hotel, although, like everywhere in Sri Lanka, very quiet, and it was right on the edge of a lovely lake, and had a pool. And in the evening we had ...
Toothless wonder
... time to enjoy the hill-country and beaches of the South (both apparently musts). So far, we're finding Sri Lanka a little easier to negotiate than India (particularly Northern India). The differences are sometimes subtle but there ...
You sure got a lot of Galle!
... cups too, mind you, not the tiny Indian style milk coffee size), and one is ready to go! So back to Galle. Apparently Sri Lanka was originally "controlled" by the Portugese, then taken over by the Dutch, who lost it to the English for some time. All ...
A day in Hikkaduwa
Day 101 Fri 17th Feb 2006 A day in Hikkaduwa Again the house was empty this morning by the time I got downstairs. Once again the maid made me breakfast and I sat out on the terrace to eat it. The sun was already out in full force and it was shining ...
Its raining, its pouring...
... of you guys so I chatted through families with them and they loved it. Alice and Chloe (my younger sisters) both now have boyfriends in Sri Lanka (you guys don't get a say in the matter apparently); Dad's age was guessed at 30, then 80 and then 48; and ...
Pot-luck cuisine
We're now back in Negombo for our last night in Sri Lanka, before we fly out tomorrow to India and then, eventually, on Wednesday, to Hong Kong. But really we don't want to tell you about Negombo, but more about Una Watuna. The main ...
Back to Negombo
... (after the ridiculous all day journey to come about 100km up the coast) overnight before we head off to the airport. One last splurge, Lobster Thermadore for Duncan and Grilled Seerfish for me, washed down with a few Lion Lagers......goodbye Sri ...
People
... being turned away from a number of places turn to their terrible reputation as womanisers and partiers, they finally disembarked at Sri Lanka, which was inhabited only by forest ghosts (I am thinking the Veddhas). The prince conquered them, and took a ...
And Back Again
Back to Kandy, no less diesel fumes, but siginificantly less rain, so we enjoyed it a little more. Also found The Pub, and had more beers than was good for us with Rudi. Went to the embassy, paid for visas, but had to wait until the evening to ...
Sri Lanka: A Land Like no Other. I) Colombo
... on the shipping routes of the Indian Ocean. Many of its cities, including Colombo, have great natural harbors. Sri Lanka's past history includes occupations by the Dutch, Portuguese, and most recently the British. It has a ...
Wednesday
... both sensibly had hoodies, but Mum and I just had to sprint as fast as we could. Smart thinking. My thong (or slipper, as the Sri Lankan people say) got caught in the mud, so my feet ended up all muddy. We arrived at the hotel still early in the ...
The Cultural Triangle
... vulture spot; more extensive than Sigiriya, equally expensive and in my opinion less instanlly impressive. It's a former Medieval capital of Sri Lanka, there's a whole small city sized area full of remains of temples etc... great if your into that sort ...
Yule Tide.........the Sri Lankan way!
... are mainly Hindu or Buddhist, they do not celebrate Christmas, so a variety of shops and restaurants were open and serving the national Sri Lanka favourite; Rice and Curry. We walked to a local joint we had visited before and asked for our usual, and we ...
Kandy
... si pochutnali. Jinaqk ale nas Kendy nejak moc neupoutala. English - So on we go by train again to Kandy. Kandy is the second city of Sri Lanka although it didn't seem that big to us. We liked it here and stayed for 3 days. Kandy is set in the valley ...