Seaspray Hotel Negombo

... the worse. We find ourselves in the midst of a civil war ruthlessly prosecuted by protagonists whose bloodlust knows no bounds. Terror, whether perpetrated by terrorists or the state, has become the order of the day. Indeed, murder has become the primary tool whereby the state seeks to control the organs of liberty. Today it is the journalists, tomorrow it will be the judges. For neither group have the risks ever been higher or the stakes lower. Why ...

... rattled when, having arrived an hour after the allotted time the check-in indicted for our flight on the main indictor board was closed. No, we hadn't missed the flight, the main indicator board was wrong. We went to duty free to spend our last few rupees and asked what exchange rate they used to dollars, the currency they price everything in; they told us we made our selection and then they told us they don't take rupees we'd have to change them to dollars at the bank - we did and ...

... through Malle Atoll produce blues you must see to believe. Apart from the airport Hulele island has only one other facility and airport hotel which has the only licensed premises in the Maldives outside the tourist ghettos. Malle must be the only capital outside the middle east not to allow the sale of alcohol,unless that is, you are a resident visitor when you can obtain a special permit to ...

After passing through customs in Colombo and collecting my backpack, I exchanged some US dollars and caught a cab to my hotel in Negombo. The cabbie took me to the wrong one at first (very similar name) and lucky for me he was still in the driveway... second time lucky I made it to the right place. The hotel managed to find me a room that was ready (it was only 9.30am and check-in ...

... where I grew up!). Natural curiosity tends to express itself in the form of endless questions, typically "where are you from?", "how long are you in Sri Lanka?", "what are you doing [while you're here]?", "do you like Sri Lanka?" and "what is your name?". It does drive you slightly crazy after a while, but it's important to stay polite and keep smiling - and even found I quite enjoyed some of the banter (especially about the impending Test series). The ...

... find me resting in a bag. Perhaps they don't have smurfs in Sri Lanka. They passed me around, but I smiled at the cheerfully, and even let them touch my boomerang (although I ddn't smile too much at that, grrr) and so they let me in. Phew! My favourite visit was to the tea plantation, where I saw ladies in colouful ...

... word if you say it to them first, but this class is able to sound the words and say them before you do. Gorie, one of the helpers in the kitchen, has asked for some help with her English so I said I would start next Saturday. She did say that she would come around at 7am tomorrow - as you can imagine I'll arrange a more suitable hour!

... Adrian' type place - had a funny moment when we first arrived - we were staying at the poshest hotel in town, where visting international cricket teams, and the Sri Lankan team too stay when they are in town. There was a huge wedding reception going on, & when i was looking for the ...

... immersion. Is it possible to have a dual faith belonging without baptism? Using prophetic imagination, what could be the form of baptism to ritualize this? Astrid: Church sometimes works like a clock; with a lot of rules. Theresa: appreciates the interfaith marriage as the ground for interfaith dialogue. Asked for clarification between Christian marriages and marriage of Christians. Astrid: Church needs to provide spaces for interfaith families. Angela ...

Tagasitee on kahjuks alanud. Eile laekusime Negombosse, mis on Colombo eeslinn ja siit on lähemal lennujaama minna. Homne päev plaanitud suveniiride soppamiseks. Ülehomne hommik kavas veel vedeleda rannas ja õhtuks Colombo lennujaama, suund Mumbaile. 2:40 15nda öösel stardime ...