Palm Garden Club Beruwela

... that would take us down to see them. I'm not sure what I was more scared of - going on a croc 'safari' in a tuktuk, or the fact that we were going to the end of the line beyond which the road was closed due to the LTTE threat. To cut a long story short, we saw lots of crocodiles - very big ones - and our driver tried to get us as close ...

... when in need the world finds its way of pulling poeple together. This place is certainly perfect for taking time out to step back and just think about everything - and after a busy Bangalore I think this is just what I needed. Staying in Tangalle a samll villiage- town in Matarra - another beautiful place just of the beach I enjoyed home comforts staying with Lynda - thank you for putting me up - my boyfriends aunt, in her lovely house - I can not ...

... can see remnants of houses and new graves and people living in tents still etc etc.... We stopped at a great little resort for a toilet break - this place was damaged but they have managed to piece things together -- they just need more tourists to come! We continued onto Matara where we saw a small island with a beautiful building on it -- monks actually lived there and it looked very peaceful ...

... relatives... it had the disconcerting air of a place that people stay for a very long time. There was little way of knowing how long I would stay there because of the ever absent information. I was told to sit in a chair somewhere regularly in the way of people trolleys; then moved to a similarly inconvenient chair before finally being upgraded to a bed in the corner where I might be forgotten for days in end. I got the impression that the doctor was ...

... all the same. Was shovelling food into my mouth nammering away about nonsence to Andy and Caroline. Saw Caroline pull a green chillie out of her dinner. At precisly that moment I bit into something and swallowed. The sensation that followed is what I can only think putting a lump of coal in your mouth, lighting it, then pouring in petrol to finish it off feels like. You may remember that in an effort to endere ...

... between man and the other organisms in and around the park: the boundary begins to melt. The more harmony, the more the boundary melts. Fences are no longer necessary, if all goes well. Many researchers have found that rainforests may well produce more long-term income remaining as rainforest as opposed to being cleared for soybean or tea plantations. I sampled this first-hand with Pali, my highly enthusiastic guide and owner of the small ...

... No I insisted, its you I want to go with, your a great guy and its that tuk tuk I want to go in its my colour dint you think. 'You want go tour in Tuk Tuk' ' Yes it will be a Fantastic Adventure, you go away and think about a price. This bitwas painful. You see Chamika is such a lovely lad, and unlike other Tuk Tuk drivers, he found it hard to say a price and risk offending. I had to go through a lenghty process of getting him not to consider wear and tear, fuel ...

... made a friend of Chamika a tuk tuk driving 23 year old, with a killer smile and cracking humour/attitude who has become a major part of my adventure; after a heavy night and a seemingly ridiculaous decison turned out to be a great one. Had some great conversations with Loydd about life and love and Marcus and I got hammered on my last day. I also ended up with a truly unfortunate haircut. No lingo no choice!! Oh well it'll be back before I get ...

Happy Holidays everyone! I would love to send each and every one of you a personal message, but this year I'll opt for some time at the beach instead. ;-p I'm off to a beach house in Unawatuna for a week to do nothing but relax in the sun, swim in the ocean, play guitar, read and do yoga ...

... there (I think there was one Sri Lankan woman and one other ex-pat - a topic for further conversations...). But we felt like Sri Lankan princesses (it was nice to 'dress-up' even though we were sweating and frizzy - at least I was - before we got to the reception), which is a pretty good feeling. ;-p We were seated in the second row and the ceremony began. It was all in Sinhalese. Now we were really bored Sri Lankan ...