Ceylon Continental Colombo

... On Sunday evening Dominika and I went to a saree fashion show at the Cinnamon Lakeside hotel, before an audience of bejewelled and silk draped women, a handful of Europeans and even fewer men. All the models were Asian but were also tall and slim – yes slim, not thin and the richly coloured, highly embroidered silks, chiffons and brocades billowed around their curves by turns concealing and revealing. The comedy of ...

... Colombo there is a strong military/police presence, which is understandable in face of the last 30 years. It is quite off putting, and there are so many places you are not allowed to go or even stop and look at the views.
There is a strange energy here, there is the promise of a better time now the war is over, but its still early days (well about 2 weeks) so change has not happened ...

... consultants are in their 50s-60s, majority are Canadians. The local consultants are 50-70 years of age, usually retired from university positions. We stop to pick up Wolf Rhein, an Austrian cum Canadian cum Malaysian, the vocational education specialist, who lives in a furnished two bedroom air conditioned apartment at the 2000 Plaza apartment residences; I'll move there in the next ten days or so when Bob Smith, the project leader for SEMP II ...

... consultants are in their 50s-60s, majority are Canadians. The local consultants are 50-70 years of age, usually retired from university positions. We stop to pick up Wolf Rhein, an Austrian cum Canadian cum Malaysian, the vocational education specialist, who lives in a furnished two bedroom air conditioned apartment at the 2000 Plaza apartment residences; I'll move there in the next ten days or so when Bob Smith, the project leader for SEMP II ...

... this area contains many things that LTTE would like to blow up! Oh yeah in case you didn't know Sri Lanka is in the middle of small civil war. Occasionally they have bombs go off here and there....here's a fun fact....Sri Lankan LTTE were the first ones to use women and children as suicide bombers! There are no must see sights in Colombo so I just wandered around town trying to fix my ...

So we finally arrived in Sri Lanka, after another day spent travelling, from Mumbai to Chennai, arriving with just enough time to make the flight to Colombo. But problems with our ticket, that we hadn't actually been assigned seats although we had paid for them, and the plane already full, resulted in being upgraded to Business Class. Excellent, and a first for me and Mike. The leg room is great, the food ok, but I have to say it wasn't service with a smile, in ...

... Not much has changed it is the best place to hang out in Bombay due to the wide clean roads and still operable sewer/drainage system. I booked a ticket to Colombo, Sri Lanka with the prospects of renewing my Indian Visa and doing some wave surfing before heading back for 4 months for a motorbike ride with Sabby. A word to the wise never arrive on a Fri if you have governmental requirements to fulfill. The Embassy was closed by 11AM and i stayed in Colombo for the ...

... would be more accurate. It appeared that either all the announcers were suffering from terrible sinus trouble or they were talking it in turns to pretend be the man from the Tunes advert who can't buy a first class ticket to Nottingham due to a blocked nose With another 30 minutes to go I popped back to see my friendly Pimms promotions girl for another wee sample and then finally boarded the plane (whilst I had any chance of doing so ...

... to play "duck duck goose" and "what time is it mr wolf"! if all else fails, i'll get renalli or roderick to explain it to the teachers in singlase but how hard can it be.....!! we are just about walk down to the down now that it is evening and cooler. the fridge is looking rather empty plus we are going to get a longer phone cable so the computor can be moved from the dining room (which just ...

... of Muslims as terrorists; the community is responsible for images. Mrs. Jezima Ismail ended her presentation calling us to solidarity as: "Women like us - bonded in passionate love for the Creator." Summary of the Discussion: Clarification was asked regarding polygamy. Polygamy is conditional - "only" if the man has the means to treat every wife in an equal way. Extremism is on the rise but groups are taking this up; this must be addressed within the community. The ...