Drifters Hotel and Beach Restaurant Hikkaduwa

... sandwich au poulet oeufs et fromage, trop bon avec un fanta, apres avoir pique une tete juste devant le restau.
Rejoins ensuite Andreas au bar habituel, commande une biere et vais me baigner. Ensuite grosse larve sur ma chaise longue jusqu'a 16h30. Alternance de baignades et bronzette, eprouvant... Mate les jeunes srilankais completement bourres, un a fait un comas ethylique, et deux autres se sont battus.. Les blairots..
Retour a l'hotel prendre une douche ...

... another one of those where's a tuk tuk when you need one moments, we just managed to find one before the rain really started bucketing down!

There was mass amounts of thunder and lightning but not enough to stop about 9 keen as hell Sri Lankans heading out into the surf, the surf was suprisingly clean considering the weather but some monster waves sets were sneaking up every now and then. It was good fun to watch!

... him "thong man," as he ties up his sri lankan sari in such a way as to expose his posterior. Not something I generally like to see, but I do watch him as he fishes each day, most days catching nothing at all. On certain days, however, his persistence pays off and he will pull in a neon colored reef fish, or a good-sized pompano. He knows if he goes out every day, one day in ten will yield a fresh dinner for himself and his family, if he has one. My grandmother would call such a ...

Well, we have a pretty good crew going at the surfing beach guest house these days. Turns out, as luck would have it, the Surfing Beach place was the very first guesthouse and faces out to the "main break," where the big boys play. Nice watching from there, but the waves for beginners are a bit more down the beach from where I am. Fortunately there are a couple of other beginners here, so I have some company, unlike Arugam Bay, where it seemed everyone was ...

... survival.   You might be wondering why I'm not sharing any photos of the beach here in Hikkaduwa.  Well, there's not much beach here.  The guesthouses and restaurants have all built their places so close to the water that there isn't even much dry sand where you can take a stroll along the beach.  Very unfortunate.Next you hear from me I'll be in the Andaman Islands starting my Divemaster internship.  Woohoo!!!peace,Jen

... shook our hands and waved us out of the ground. We've definitely got that 'celebrity feeling' back in Sri Lanka as grown men and small children point and shout at us and start waving as we travel on the buses or walk the streets. Buses are the best way to get around here as trains are pretty rubbish, and you also get to experience the very unique Sri Lankan bus experience! Terrible repetitive music blaring out; 'religious buskers ...

My friend's house was destroyed by the tsunami, as were 167 of the 315 homes in his neighborhood (a suburb of Matara). I could go on for a while regarding what/who was lost in the tsunami... but I'd rather keep this posting more positive! I was invited over for dinner a little while back and discovered the art of lace making. Women ...

... trip to Galle but it has been a bit of a disaster. We went to find a restuarant i liked which does the most amazing rotties but we either missed it or it was closed. We then went to another place miles away that was terrible and not cheap. (The food in Sri Lanka is very pricey and not that good (apart from their rotties!))Then we tried to get a train that wasnt going for another 2 hours so we jumped on a bus and it took an hour and a half to travel 20km du to road ...

... My friend came to join me on the second day and I went to my first beach party! The music wasn't quite the calibre I'm used to (an opening for Positive Sounds here I think!). I was starting to get nervous about my imminent departure to India. On Sunday 15 Jan I travelled back to Galle and from there by train to Colombo. As always, it was an entertaining (though not entirely comfortable)journey. The train was ...

... the ancient cities. Once in the northern part of our trek, we'll decide whether it's safe to push on north bound for Jaffna. Just in case, Affan will have the van stocked with water, beer, pillows and blankets for the journey should we have to sleep in the van. -- Sunshine, Jetlag and Valium My stay in Mirissa consisted mostly of playing checkers with some local Sri Lankan boys on the sunny beach, reading the paper searching for information on the "Jaffna situation" and ...