Pegasus Reef Hotel Colombo

... bustling port would have been a century ago. The hotel lobby is an elegant affair of tiled floors and glass chandeliers, the ancient lifts, wooden and creaking carried us up to our stately conference room. We emerged from the lift and immediately were accosted by the unmistakable whiff of toilets Holding my breath as though swimming underwater, I rushed into the conference room which was slightly sweeter smelling. When ...

... on the plane, I managed to get through about half of "The Deathly Hallows", so now I've another 12 hours or so before I reach Kuala Lumpur, so I might actually finish it before I even get to Borneo. <br><br>I'm starting to get that "Asia" feel again; statues of Buddha, beautiful wood carvings, paintings of Elephants and tigers, and of course the beautiful women. I've only been here an hour and I've fallen in love about 6 times. Giggidy giggidy. :)

... that much heavy spice. But assuming I got used to it, I could not accept the amount of salt used in the preparation. It's as if someone opened a shaker and poured it in. Once breakfast is over, I go back to my room, collect my things and head downstairs to meet the team driver who takes Daisy Miller and me to the office, about 40 minutes away, through slow traffic, in a suburb of Colombo. Daisy Miller is the teacher learning resources methods specialist ...

... from Indian curries to Western cacao pops cereal. I typically have mangosteen, pink banana, cantaloupe, grated coconut, museli, homemade fruit yogurt, waffle, fried egg, bacon or sausage, and baked tomato. I feel ill just writing it all down. But actually one good breakfast is suitable for almost a full day, at least one that includes a lot of sitting. I've tried the curries, the hoppers and the like. As much as I like curry, I'm not one for starting the day ...

... moving pavements are even longer than those in terminal four at Heathrow. Immigration was a breeze, a very efficient female guard assured us British passport holders "No need visa" the first confirmation we had managed to get of my research and contrary to the dire warnings from Sri Lankan travel agents that we would be turned back without an onward ticket. It pas to ...

... check about the Visa situation and headed to Kandy that night. Just our luck, it was a public holiday the next day, and we wouldn't be able to submit the visa until Monday. The Visa takes 5 days, and our flight is on Saturday - it will be a tight call...but not impossible. The people couldn't have been more helpful, and we headed to the bus terminal, and then in no time were on an air con express mini bus headed for Kandy. We got talking on the bus to an editor ...

... new collars ( Thank you Triona and Michelle ) we moved on to washing the pups. Washing puppies is like giving a cat a tablet in that you need at least 2 pairs of arms. So huge thanks to Pete, Monique, Del and Fiona for giving up there morning off to come and help. Once we had clean puppies we walked back to get our well earned lunch and then Del and I started preparing for the afternoons English class at the temple. When we got back at 4 pm I was chuffed to the see the ...

... as he had too much work on. Gordon had a rather interestimg meeting with the architect today. he doesn't speak english so he had renalli on the phone who worked as the go between. hopefully the classrooms will start to be built on wednesday, altho communication hass been a probably and slowed the process slightly. on the plus side, we are getting a translator - well gordon is so tht he ...

... gender and religion. Projects on peace training and education.) -- a Hindu perspective on Reimagining Women, Marriage and Family Life feminism and women's rights: Dr. Selvy asked us to reflect on what this topic really means. She shared that Hinduism is a very complex concept; it is so diverse and difficult to understand - what kind of Hinduism is one practicing? The fundamental principle of Hinduism is that the soul is bound by desire and must be liberated and become one ...