The River House Bentota

Balapitiya Bentota, Sri Lanka

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The Surfing Evangelist

A travel blog entry by stanfalk

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... gotten to the point that I feel comfortable saying I can surf. I still suck but I'm out surfing the big boy waves and catching most of the ones I try. I've graduated from the big battleship sized long boards to boards that aren't much taller than me. I make some turns, get nice long rides, and I'm no longer a danger to everyone else in the surf. To compare it to skiing, I've graduated from the bunny slopes to the blue runs.

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The Great Tsumini of 2011

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... is terrible for the waves since it flattens them and messes everything up. Now I'm thinking this might not be the right day to get on a board after all. By the time I finish my breakfast I had already decided I wasn't going to bother renting a board. The town I was in kinda sucked so I figured if I wasn't going to surf I'd head south to a place that sounded a like it was a little better.

I pack my bags and catch the first southbound. I had ...

Sri Lanka: Sacred Mountains, Elephants & Beaches

A travel blog entry by vinceinseattle

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After a bite to eat and some fun talks, I hopped a
tuk-tuk up to The Pedro Tea Estate, the biggest in the country. It has
been in tea growing and production for over 100 years, I had a private
tour of the grounds and factory on a sunny, quiet morning. I saw
everything, machinery, drying racks, tasting room (I got to be a
temporary taster). I leaned a lot about tea; I appreciate it certainly
more now. The worst quality tea goes to Arab countries, ...

A Whale's Tail

A travel blog entry by skinnywench

... downstairs to find blackened trees, blasted bushes, flattened flowers and shrubs. A vacant guest room had been struck and a black line ran down the wall ending in a hole in the marble floor. We had been wise to stay undercover. As a consequence of being wet for hours I developed a severe head cold which was persistent and took days to recover from. Whale watching was put on hold and I spent time recuperating on ...

Our little cabana by the beach

A travel blog entry by kritch

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... reading on the deck chairs I went. Fun while it lasted though!

Back at the cabana, the best part about staying there was that it was the gardener’s job to cut down all the coconut trees next to our cabana so they could make room to build a second cabana so that meant there were many coconuts lying on the ground everywhere. Lucky for us, he would bring coconuts to drink everyday which we loved! Then, after we were finished drinking the juice, he would slice ...

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