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Hambantota Slideshow
Hambantota
Travel Blogs from Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Children children everywhere!
Got to live a dream of mine yest! Was in town and saw what was essentially a lawnmower attached to a trailer. Looked so cool that i just had to drive it! The local man who owned it took it round to the beach and gave me alesson in how to drive it. After ...
The beginning of the goodbyes!
... on Saturday!! Sunday was our last Sunday School and Church, which was a nice service. The English Contigent outnumbered the Sri Lankans!! It was a nice service and Caroline did a nice little number saying goodbye to the congregation, which i ...
A blackout and a hole in the roof.
Yesterday was the second most stressful day after wed. since i have been here. Not like wed where kids ran riot but becasue from 830 at night till 730 in the evening the power was off here. Now at home I can just about coipe for 10 mins when it ...
Finally i saw one!!
... a couple of weeks ago ( Have i really been here to say a couple of weeks ago!??) Ronali had told us of some place in Hambantota, but we wandered through the town looking for this place called the gift house which we could not find for the life of us. ...
34 degrees, palm trees...... and christmas carols?
... a glimpse of the temple where a tooth supposedly from Buddhas funeral pyre was kept. Legend has it that whoever owns it, rules Sri Lanka. Unfortunately my dream of owning an island will have to wait, as we didn't;t stop! Got back to the hotel earlier ...
The mystery of the missing children
Today was an odd day. Thankfully for different reasons than yesterday. Woke up this morning all excited at seening the kids again to find that there were only 11 there in preschool class. There were quite a few of the aftershool class missing too. ...
Makin Melodies!
... hands! and because of the language barrier, us disciplining is a problem so it is left to the teachers to do. Introduced Sri Lanka to 2 things today. First of all the Parachute, which the older ones loved. Its strange how no matter what country you ...
Its a mystery
... waiting at Glasgow for that fateful train journey down to London! Today was just a typical Sunday, Went to church this morning to a Sri Lankan Anglican Church. Pastor Victor was away today, so his wife took the service. It was a nice service, and although ...
They are only 4!
Today at preschool, the time was spent practising the band. Yesterday the children showed for the most part, not only that that they have good rythem but can look even more downright adorable. So today we were more adventurous and tried to get the ...
Wet..... again!
Today I had to send a letter home for something and encountered a freindly efficient postal service!! Wandered up to post office, which was immaculatly kept by the way to post a letter. Guy popped it on the scales and I got a shock. 85 Ruppees to ...
AGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Stress (WORRY) noun [C or U] great worry caused by a difficult situation. Chaos noun [U] a state of total confusion and lack of order The reason I have included these 2 definitions is because today I ...
Finally.. the rain strikes back.
... outside. So all was dandy. We walked up to church (Another lovely service by the way. There was a lunch afterwards but it was sri lankan food which is dangerous for our health so we had to pass unfortunatly) and down to get something to eat in shorts and ...
Ball... MArk Uncle.. ball!
... was not one of my proudest!) but there was still one who was sulking with me as she got on the bus- her exact words were 'mark uncle friend, no' which is sri lankan broken english for Mark is not my friend... so have some making up to do on Monday i ...
Its the weekend!!!!!! Yay!
Think it is a good thing it is the weekend tomorrow cause if it wasn't.. well bad things might happen. Today was no where near as bad as yesterday, but Milani had to go off to teh local school for most of the morning leaving me caroline and ...
MArket time!
... governemnt had moved it from its usual place to do refurbishment. It was finished months before the Tsunami but as is usual in Sri Lanka, they never bothered to move them back again. If they had, then things would have been alot different. Today has ...
Wednesday to Sunday!
... which was nice though he still has the Knack for subtley as he invited himself for dinner on Tueday evening! The congregation in Hambantota has grown but the services are still the same. Afterwards we went to the Peacock where after a refreshing paddle in ...
Getting wet!
... , who also looks after this place). She is the loveliest person you will ever meet and best of all she cooked dinner for us! Lovely sri lankan style pizza! Closed the day off by going to the beach. Is say closed off- it was at 6 but it gets dark ...
A fishy day!
... classes have been split in 2. Ran through what I did yesterday with them, and did my name is... Unforutnatly there was no Sri Lankan teachers within shrieking distance as i realised I did not know any of their names, so I had to essentially guess what ...
They actually let me be in charge for a day!
Today me and Caroline were told you can be in charge of the preschool today. We were told this yesterday and for a few seconds i thought they meant the teachers were not goin gto be there at all and we were to be left in cahrge of 35 children who spoke a ...
Dance off 2007
... have known better, danced away the morning. I decided to keep my full dancing skills hidden as i didn't want to show up the sri lankans, so any reports you hear of bad dancing on my part- deliberate!! Anyway i am goin gup to the capital columbo for a ...
I've Arrived
After a grueling 2 day journey to get here, I have finally arrived at the smile centre in Sri Lanka. After the last entry, I waited around terminal 4 at Heathrow, being shouted at by security guards left right and centre before meeting Richard at 2 to ...
Half way and what a way to mark it!
... to be canceled today and reopened tomorrow. The whole thing has made me realise there are many things that i will miss when i leave Sri Lanka. The mosquitoes i will not miss. But the fellowship of the people. they all look after each other, and as far as ...
A granny in a hat..
Unfortunatly Niami did not come today, so we shall see the kids houses another day. As a result we were left to our devices. So as you do, we went up to the local rubbish dump. Before the alarm bells go off at home, things have not gotten that desperate. ...
Sportsday fun!
... and balls and sharpeners and things! All of this was done in the most rediculous heat i have ever been in. Even the sri lankan teachers were feeling it and moved proceedings from the centre of the cricket pitch to the shady area at the ...
A moth mystery...
Woke up this morning and went to carry out my morning constitutional- (ie. toilet, teeth, shower. Shave optional!) discovered something odd had happened during the night in my bathroom. you cvould not see the floor. It was covered in moth ...
Sri Lankan Chinese burning!
I remember these from school. The class bully/clown would come up and say- whats that over there. You would foolishly turn to see what had startled them, and before they knew it your arm was being grabbed and rubbed until it turned red. Ah the memories. ...
Finally the sun is here!
Today the sun came out.. and it stayed! It was a gloriously hot day. I helped this morning with the younger ones in Preschool. They were drawing and colouring in. Some great drawings of a house and train. Afterwards, there was sand tipped out and the ...
I never ever ever ever learn!
... them because they brought good education and good health care to the country, but on the downside when they cleared out of Sri lanka in the 40's, they inpose a governement style that the people did not really want, and naturally those that it benifitted ...
A few days combined.
Apologies for not updating this since wed but alot has been going on. The team have settled in well and the kids absolutely adore them! There are 13 people now in the house so it is a bit crowded. Luckily I have found refuge at one of the teachers houses ...
