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Hambantota Slideshow
Hambantota
Travel Blogs from Hambantota, Sri Lanka
Monkeys at last!
... A man who I assumed, wrongly as it turns out, was Vanassa's father handed the 3 of us a shell each, babbling somehting in Sri Lankan. Seemed innocent enough but then you take into account the fact that noone really knew who he was and it becomes a little ...
and then it was over for another year....
And so the end has come. THe fat lady has sung and last orders have been called at the bar. My last day with the kids drew to a close, surprisingly, without a tear being shed. Please don't get me wrong.. I was weeping inside most of the day. Saying ...
Award Ceremony
... world (he is also the only fly-fisherman in Sri Lanka...). He also looked just like Uncle Will from Fresh Prince. Sri Lanka is a beautiful, wonderful place. Everyday (every hour!) I look forward to the next dose of random events, meetings and ...
Jon and Chamikas Excellent Adventure - Part 1
... . The journey took us five hours through increasingly dramatic scenery as we did the proverbial and headed for the hills. Now the lonely planet -Sri Lanka says and I quote ' dont go anywhere in a tuk tuk that takes more than an hour. Believe me from ...
We will see you another day!
Our adventures with local wildlife continued last night. Shortly before bed time, I was plotting my annoyance of the teachers in the morning when Lisa called for me from the back corridor asking for smething to catch something in. I Couldn't quite make ...
Snakes, Mice, an odd birthday.
Yesterday was a lovely day. The sun finally came out.. which had the effect of making it 10 degrees warmer and the ground so hot that my little tootsies got burnt everytime i went on it. (that is the point where sympathy should be given!). Anyway.. it ...
The Grand arrival.
... to Hambantota. The only reason it seems longer is because you are literally taking your life in your hands. There is a strict road ettiquette in Sri Lanka. Van beats a tut tut but a bus beats a van. A tut tut can beat a bus cause it is nippier whereas a ...
Spot the Hazard!
While travelling, Eleanor and I have seen some pretty odd things, many have been just hilarious or just simply mad. I hope you can spot the hazards! ...
the rest...
... . After me walking off he climbed down to 100 ruppees which was still extortionate! Thats the difference between the tourist areas and hambantota. Here they don't expect anything and even on the streets, I have never heard one person ask me for money. To ...
Paradise
The following weekend, I went to visit Denise in Tangalle. We had intentions of going to use a pool at a nearby hotel, but they wanted too much money (usually hotels will let you use the pool if you buy a $4 lunch - this hotel wanted $12!?!?!) so we went ...
The Minibus's tale.
... pick up a bunch of lovely Sri Lankan teachers, 3 westerners and a bunch of children from the school at 10:00. This being Sri Lanka, I turn up the obliugatory 30mins late. The teacher's pile in, the westerners pile in ( a ...
Port under construction
Visited the Hambantota port that is being constructed in south of Sri Lanka. Port is to be filled with water on 15th August 2010. Although it is a week still lot of last minute work to be done. The Entrance from the sea is still closed. As the sea is at a ...
A confession...
Right. I have a confession to make. I am not ashamed of this confession though some may think I should be. Some of you will proabably know it already, some may not. Some mya laugh, some may want to hit me but I it is time for me to come clean. It ...
Hambantota for 2018 Commonwealth games
... , needless to say, acts as a catalyst for unhindered growth. The ambitious development projects of the government all aim to make Sri Lanka the centre of excellence in Asia. The journey to Commonwealth Games in 2018 will, therefore, be full of exciting ...
Prisoner 578490 reporting...
Only 2 more days to go after today so making teh most of my time here. This morning was Pre school as usual and the children were delightful as always. There is one boy called Roshan, whose name I must have heard called 40 million times over the past few ...