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Travel Blogs from Sri Lanka
Heading into week5!!
This is a top pick! We have eventually made it through a church service without either me or Gordon fainting! It was a proud day! It's an Anglican church that we go to, led by Pastor Victor. I would say there are regularly about 20 people attending. I've noticed quite a lot ...
Serendipity on the Tear of India
This is a top pick! ... ~ a Ph. D student studying Buddhist art. "Sri Lankan reputation is now bad [because of the clashes]." ~ tour operator. "The Sri Lanka government is becoming more like a dictatorship. They are to blame for the war. They pretend that they are being ...
Kirinda Boat Project
This is a top pick! ... around the boats, hoisted them into the air, and carried them away. After this experience, we were ready to depart Sri Lanka. While the initial boat packages have been delivered and distributed, we are aware that our involvement is just now ...
Boats for Kirinda
This is a top pick! ... women and children to safety, and tying them to treetops using saris and excess clothing. While reports have emerged from Sri Lanka that many fishermen have been traumatized by the tsunami, the fishermen of Kirinda have expressed their desire to return ...
Shooting Stars
This is a top pick! ... to look around the historical Portuguese/dutch/English fort. Her I managed to see actually how popular cricket actually is in sri lanka..it was being played everywhere. The other weird thing was the local couples making out under the shade of umbrellas ...
The last Sunday
This is a top pick! Today was a somewhat different Sunday than usual as it was actually quite busy. It started off with Sunday school where they were told the story of the "Prodigal Son" and then they drew a picture of it. It was our last church service today. Mr ...
Missing person.....answers to the name "Andy"
This is a top pick! Yesterday evening, after waving goodbye to Ronali and Rodrick, Andy decided to set out on a walk. Andy is the new builder who arrived down to Hambantota last Thursday, so is pretty new to the area. An hour and a half later we realized he hadn't arrived ...
Cave Buddhas
This is a top pick! ... that effectively said your running and climbing days are finished. I only mention this because one of the most important sites in Sri Lanka is the Rock Fortress of Sigiriya and the climb is almost mandatory. Sigiriya is not a particularly long climb but ...
The beautiful Hill Country
This is a top pick! We headed south east from Kandy to see more of the beautiful hill country in Sri Lanka's interior. We stayed a night in the hill station town of Nuwara Eliya, but unfortunately it was really rainy so we didn't get to go an any walks. Regardless, the town ...
Unawatuna......Voted one of the world best beaches
This is a top pick! ... to a town called Matara, which was about an hour away, once in Matara we changed buses and travelled a further hour along Sri Lankas south coast to the town of Unawatuna. The drive along the coast was both beautiful and upsetting, the beaches are the ...
A relaxing day
This is a top pick! ... for the Sports Day i.e. a man's skirt. If I have to wear a Sari, then he also has to be in traditional Sri Lankan wear. Along the bottom has ducks holding umbrellas - a little reminder of home! This afternoon was spent getting acquainted with ...
In a prison. In Sri Lanka.....
This is a top pick! ... , we thought we would sing the mother of all action songs “if you’re happy and you know it”. In Sri Lanka. In a prison. They absolutely loved this and joined in, as did the gaurds, with all the actions including wiggling their toes and ...
Capitulation in Colombo
This is a top pick! ... above that the game only lasted four days instead of the usual five. This is because England were absolutely and thoroughly annihilated by Sri Lanka, handing us our heaviest defeat since 1973. I have to admit that at the end of Day 3 I had enough Lion ...
Ancient cities, tea plantations and Ella...
This is a top pick! ... shade them from the sun - another change from India where it is not the done thing to outwardly show affection - we discovered inland Sri Lanka to be more conservative. It was great to be able to walk around the city on pavements not clogged with all ...
The return trip has begun...Team Blog
This is a top pick! ... our internet will be up and running in the next few days so we can be more regular. So until them, Smile Team Sri Lanka Oct08 say farewell!! PS. Apparently if you google "Hambantota photos" some very interesting pictures of our very own Mr ...
Luxury
This is a top pick! ... a start there were 4 other backpackers on the bus (2 Israeli, 2 Slovenian girls). Having not seen ANY backpackers for the whole time in Sri Lanka this was quite a turnup. There was also an albino Sri Lankan woman at the front of the bus and a guy with 6 ...
The Rock
This is a top pick! We arrive at the Grand Resort (not really how I would describe it - it is not grand and don't resorts have a pool? Maybe the fish pond will do the job!) in Sigiriya. It's 2pm ish now and the sun is cooling off a bit. We have enough time to grab lunch, a ...
A typical day
This is a top pick! ... ! 9am - 930am - breakfast. Not cornflakes but rice and curry, or noodles or something equally random! A typical Sri Lankan breakfast 930am - 10am - unstructured play. Usually involves them running around, kicking a ball etc ...
The England Cricket Team Exposed
This is a top pick! ... .30 we jumped into a tuk-tuk and headed for the illustrious Lighthouse Hotel 10 minutes north. Designed by Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka's most acclaimed architect, The Lighthouse looks like nothing from the outside, but once inside, it oozes stylishness. ...
we've made our minds up!
This is a top pick! ... ) on Veligandu Island in Rasdhoo Atoll. I am so excited, counting down the hours and cant wait to leave tomorrow. Our last memory of Sri Lanka is that of a dead body being dragged from the middle of Galle Raod. His face was all mashed in, blood was ...
Sing-a-long fun
This is a top pick! Today in Preschool the children were mainly practicing for their sports day next week. Some games include finding the other half of a piece of fruit they are given, counting out toys and putting them in the bags and giving a doll some medicine without ...
Safari
This is a top pick! Yesterday 8 of us headed of for our first Yala experience. The jeep driver was great, although at times on the way there, we were holding on for dear life! But sure that's all part of the fun! A stretch of Yala borders the beach so it was ...
Arugam Bay and Kandy (again!)
This is a top pick! ... a bit more attention to the good old Lonely Planet, we would have known that the tourist/surfing/sunshine season for Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka's east coast was well and truly over. Instead, with visions of seaside fun we headed all the way over there to ...
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This is a top pick! Yesterday saw another death defying jeep ride - 10mins of clinging for dear life (ok I'm exaggerating a little!). This time it was to a temple on top of a mountain, on the way to Kataragama. The scenery was amazing - you felt that if you reached up you ...
Climbing the cliffs. . .
This is a top pick! ... littering the countryside--they use more refillable and recyclable bottles and home made bags from old newspaper as well. Infrastructure----Sri Lanka. When I hear people complaining about the "rough" roads, and bumpy buses I have to laugh a little ...
Shakespare, salt and Sunday school
This is a top pick! First of all I can't believe I've just typed in the 31/08/07 in the date field. I don't know where August has gone to and it also means I only have 1 complete month left - but to be fair I'm here for nearly all of October as well so it's all good. The ...
It's the old communications problem again...!!
This is a top pick! ... of chicken pizza, hot dogs or bread rolls covered in sugar. Pretty standard I think you'll agree. Having been dropped outside Sri Lanka’s answer to Harrods by Heshan, we soon discovered that it does not open until 9.50am…..again as we are in ...
Crying, cricket and cake!
This is a top pick! ... afternoon, and as expected quite emotional! It was then into the van for the long drive to Colombo to watch England play Sri Lanka at cricket on Saturday. I knew nothing about cricket and thought I would be bored within the hour. However it was ...
Everything can change within 5 minutes
This is a top pick! ... school was closed today as a precaution, but no children turned up anyway. I have to say there is a great sense of camaraderie amongst Sri Lankan's - I think it must have been a taster of what it was like during the war last night! They look out for each ...
Simply Sigiria
This is a top pick! True to their country’s reputation, Ania and Begosia came to Sri Lanka armed with a large bottle of Vodka. A swig every now and then will keep Montezuma’s Revenge at bay, is what they kept telling me. It seemed to work, although we were all a ...