Hotel Silver Sands Negombo

... beach.<br><br>We went to the ranch pub as was said to have the cheapest beer 180rs/£1 which was empty. The main street reminded me of a tourist resort in Greece and many of the places owned by foreigners. Was interesting to see but not my idea of a perfect place.<br><br>After our big pizza at 2pm we didn't fancy dinner so headed back to the hotel to watch a film , eat biscuits and get an early night before our 5am wake up.

... and secondary education, neither of which is compulsory, is offered in Maldives. All higher education is followed overseas. There are three types of schools: Quranic schools, Dhivehi-language (The language of the Maldives which has a similar root to Sinhalese, the language of Sri Lanka) primary schools, and English-language primary and secondary schools. Schools in the last category are the only ones equipped to teach the standard curriculum. Literacy is reportedly ...

... they make with them. He offered to give me a quick facial, mixing some sandalwood cream and oil and aloe vera. He rubbed it onto my face but i don't think their was enough cream because it felt like he was going to rip my face off...! My tuk tuk driver dropped me in town out the front of St Marys church and headed on his way. I went inside and looked around and too a few pics. I stumbled on a christening that ...

... the turtles here in Sri Lanka, and lots of organisations protecting the eggs and baby turtles, who then release them back into the sea when they are old enough. We have been told that if you harm or kill turtles you recieve a bigger punishment from the law than if you murder a person!!!! Seems fair to me!! We also went to a place on the coast called blow hole, it's where water collates in the rocks and cannot escape other than ...

So how do you spend a Saturday afternoon in Hambantota? You go to the local rubbish dump! No we haven't gone insane, the wild elephants come to feed from the dump, so we thought we would see if we could catch a glimpse of them. We managed to see 2. Now on safari you have wardens with their guns ready incase the animals get too close, when you go to the dump, all that's between you and the elephant is a man on a tractor! But that's ok because ...

... just off the main road. A really wierd sight! The local farmers actually hate elephants &amp; have made treehouses as elephant lookouts, as elephants are prone to walking anywhere &amp; crushing their crops, and there are many road accidents too, cars &amp; motorbikes speeding through ...

January 22 2007 6.30am Morning prayer - Myanmar The prayer began with a candle dance by 3 Myanmar ladies. A doll that won't topple was used as a seldom of a sure stand up for justice. Small dolls were given away at the end of the prayer as symbolic gesture of solidarity for justice. We were also given a postcard produced by Myanmar EWA. 3rd Plenary Session 8 am Speaker: Astrid Lobo Moderator: Metti Recorded: Jeane Astrid draws from her own experience as ...