Tintagel Colombo

Arrived back in Colombo at 6am last Sunday and felt like I'd never left, the hotel even put me back in the same room. I&#8217;m not complaining, I have a fantastic view of the Indian Ocean, which is wild as ever.<br><br>My early morning arrival, with no sleep on the plane left me tired and trembly all day. Needing to stay awake for as long as possible, I found a TV channel showing banal films and left it playing to keep me awake. One of those ...

... the leader of the rebel LTTE party had been announced dead. People were driving through the streets singing and dancing, waving the national flag and everybody seems relieved that it is over. Some people our age that we talked to have never lived without war, so they can't imagine what it is like. We drank some Arrack (the local spirit) and played Carrom in the bar, with a German guy who turned out to be the Carrom German ...

... work crowd, or perhaps their major business is on weekends. We order for the table, then split the bill. I've taken the leftovers once, although never got around to eating and eventually threw away. The Pizza Hut is ten feet away from Jade. Somewhat less expensive, it has three tables and usually has Sri Lankan customers. The pizzas are tiny, but an adequate size for me. A pepperoni pizza with bottled water costs 340rs, about $3.15. By 1:00 p.m. we're ...

... has a full gym and Olympic size swimming pool. We arrive at the office a little after 8:30 a.m., our work day is structured from 8:30 - 4:15 a.m., with two tea breaks and a 30 minute lunch. There is no mini-fridge so everyone heads out for lunch, and only two restaurants are within walking distance of our building, the National Institute of Education (NIE). The NIE is responsible for preparing school curriculum and textbook distribution. The Ministry of ...

... I spilled coffee all over it) Once again I sniffed out the local Hash House Harrier Kennel and arranged a ride to the start. This was my first Men only hash and it turned out to be a lot of fun. These guys actually had a proper circle at the end. They even gave me 2 shirts! During the run one of the hashers saw a car hit a bicyclist and kill him! The next day I couldn't decide weather to travel ...

... the stewardess was genarally pretty ****** off if you asked her for anything, so much for Sri Lanka airlines Business Class (although we couldn't help but notice how much more helpful she was to the other - more aptly placed passengers). Shame we could only enjoy the luxury of in flight leg room for an hour or so, but we had arrived at our next destination, Sri Lanka. Arriving in the evening, we opted to book a hotel room earlier in the day, so as to be ...

... Luckily a whole house was arranged for my stay from a Guest house and upon arrival i have found what is to me my "dream house". A beautiful open concept house, brand new huge 40' ceilings and three levels with brick, concrete, old rail road tracks as floors and a gas stove to boot. This made the stay much more manageable as i did not know what was awaiting me Monday morning. A 200 person line up in the morning sun waiting outside the Embassy. Myself the lucky count of ...

... This is why Smile is so imporant in their lives - hopefully it'll give theem some stability, security and make them feel they belong and are cared for. We watched Shrek3 tonight!! My thoughts are it isn't as good as the forst 2 but it's still a must see! In my defence, pirate dvd's aren't illegal over here - every single dvd that you rent or buy is a copy so I watched it with a clear conscious!!

... roderick is coming down tonight for the weekend which will be good. he has to do some "building stuff" with gordon but hopefully that won't take too long and we'll be able to head out tomorrow. we did howver hear a few claps of thunder earlier, lets hope it doesn't come to anything. the electricity has been going on and off for the past few hrs, just for a min at a time. we had a powercut last saturday but it was during the day...we have our torches at the ready just incase!

... we are standing on a bridge. On one side is Allah and the Koran; on the other side is oppressive Islam. The question and challenge is how to reconcile these two sides. Gender equality is a most contentious issue in Islam. It is necessary to return to the heritage of Islam and see what is there in terms of process, methodology, normative values, Sharia, and the life of the Prophet. Gender equality was very important for the Prophet. She read a series of verses from ...