Jetwing Seashells Negombo

... Leader has a political agenda: it does not. If we appear more critical of the government than of the opposition, it is only because we believe that - excuse cricketing argot - there is no point in bowling to the fielding side. Remember that for the few years of our existence in which the United National party was in office, we proved to be the biggest thorn in its flesh, exposing excess and corruption wherever it occurred. Indeed, the stream of ...

... teaching children and shows some disturbing images of punishments which will happen if you do wrong. When you get to the top, you can actually look in to the inside of the Buddha head in which a little shrine has been made. While you are doing this a little man "keeper of the big Buddha" puts his hand on your head and chants a blessing (for a tip of course). I had read the rough guide before I got here and it describes the flame of ...

... 170km and believe it or not no one got killed. So many more stories to relate from Hikkaduwa but maybe you just had to be there. Moving on I went to Marissa. Beautiful beach and relaxing. I spent a few days there with some Brits I met surfing and chilling out before moving on to Arugum Bay. Everyone told me not to go there, it was too dangerous but I went anyway. Check points every 10km for bombs on the bus...but when I got there it was ...

... The country should be a beach bum's paradise but so much is off limits. Of the eight provinces: Central, North Central, Western, Southern, North Eastern, North Western, Sabaragamuwa and Uva only the first three are considered safe. Marawila is a dormitory town north of Colombo with a small beach area and no facilities except on the main road. Those are only accessible with transport because of the widely spread nature of the area. It was, however, there that we spent our first night ...

... at the gorgeous guest house we stayed in * Tuk Tuks - little 3 wheeled taxi carts, my favorite way to get around, and the Jamaican driver wannabes * The food, the bugs, the hard beds, the poverty, the shacks, the cows, stray dogs and cats, the curious school children, the bats, the people and their Indian/British accents :) I'll try for one more post from Singapore for the last batch of pictures in a few days. See you all soon!! Miss you lots. Love, J

... of the passengers they have now cancelled the night flights. I really did not want to know this. Selmer then decides to have a look at the Dutch government's website though and finds out that the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has actually issued a negative travel advice for all of Sri Lanka because of terrorist activity. So we're not even supposed to go to Sri Lanka! All this we find out the day before we have to fly home, so needless to say I am not very relaxed about ...

... Watched the Cricket world cup final that night in Nuwara Eliya with the locals & got extremely drunk watching the Aussies pummel the Sri Lankans. Oh well. Next day, with a hangover from hell we headed back to the craziness of Colombo for a chill out afternoon, said our goodbyes to ...

... faded fast when I arrived, I walked through the lobby and onto a golden beach. I have never stayed in a proper beach resort before with the sand just steps away from the door of the room. I got some great pictures, I do recomend this hotel. The room was clean, really big, the Air con very cold. The food was really tastey.

Dialogue with Fr. Alloysius Pieris, SJ January 22, 2007, Kelaniya, Sri-Lanka Fr. Alloysius Pieris, S.J., founder and director of the Tulana Research Centre in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, earned his first doctorate in Buddhist studies, the first ever awarded to a non-Buddhist by the University of Sri Lanka. A pioneer of Liberation theology in Asia, he teaches that spirituality is not the practical conclusion of theology, but the radical ...

... fumes!! i had forgotten what india smelt like until then. but, i soon got used to it and went trawling round the market walking in fish guts and god only knows what to much if the delight of the fish sellers. if only they knew i wouldnt by buying a damn thing cus im allergic to the stuff...ha ha. After the vileness of the fish market we went to the Lagoon, saw some fishing boats, went to some temples and walked round the market. Sujee was very nice and made sure that noone ripped me ...