Centauria Tourist Hotel Tangalla

... run, bite. But it’s ok, they are only bugs and you have no reason to be scared (unless it’s a scorpion – yes they do have them here – and even then apparently they’re fine, pffft, you won’t even die if you get stung(!!!!!)). I was ALMOST (read: not in the slightest) convinced until it all started going terribly wrong last night. My last 24hrs could have been designed by Stephen King ...

... de nous arreter manger dans un bouiboui et de prendre des photos sur la route, mais en 5 mn on etait trempes...
Faisons une bonne dizaine de km, les gens sur la 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! ***** on s'est plantes de route!!! On est verts et mouilles, on a froid, mais on se laisse pas aller et 40 mn apres on est arrives, les ...

... it in turns to jump off their desks as if they were diving boards, while the rest of them had found all the stashes of blackboard chalk and were half using it write, half throwing it at each other. I sat on my teacher’s desk for what must have been half a minute (but felt like half an hour), engulfed in this whirlwind of screaming, throwing and jumping, almost entranced. At the end I received lots of goodbyes and even two kisses ...

... of the aubergines has possibly scarred us for life, but gave us the opportunity to mull over some of our experiences so far... One thing that particularly struck us was the humble attitude of so many of the people around us. They often have so little but are willing to give anything to help Smile and the volunteers here. When talking to Parwadi, the head cook at Smile Lanka, she told us that she cooks before she comes to the centre, then cooks 2 meals for ...

... in leaving the eggs where they are buried to leave them to hatch and enter the water themselves. Many other turtle projects dig up the eggs after the mother returns to sea and take them to a hatchery and release them once they are more likely to survive predators and poachers. However, TCP patrol the beach and protect them in the natural environment as well as providing education and research. Website is www.tcpsrilanka.org

... a giant sandbank, which was a blessing when the Tsunami hit because it protected them from the wave. Some of the houses though are so poor looking, that it puts everything in perspective. They are one room houses, with no privacy. This means that the children can see evertything, and with the moral standards being so low this includes domestic violence and fathers cheating on their wives. And often the roofs of the houses were simply leaf or Tarpaulin. It is ...

... a good impression! The team were treated to 5 songs from the preschoolers ranging from Twinkle Twinkle little star to some random sri lankan song that I have no notion what it was! They were also given a rose each which was very nice. The afterschoolers practised their singing for the opening today, as well as getting themselves aquainted with the new team members. Some of the things they are doing, none of the children at home would do. Dancing, singing by ...

Today there were only 15 at Preschool because it was raining-that's always a factor when it comes to numbers. They spent their time drawing and learning a song for the opening of the new classroom. The first afterschool class today learn about colours, the other class about transport ...

... ailments. Be it a cut on the knee, or a bang on the head. Was used twice today, when one of the kids banged her head- partly my fault in misjudging the amount of space there was.... well mostly my fault- and for Rafasa who got hit in the face and cured both within about 30 seconds!) Glad it wasn't the basketball or the child may have ended up in hospital. Any way I am digressing again. Milani had told them that they were not allowed to have the ball.. yet I was the one being ...