Now this is more like it. Soft golden sand, palm trees, big waves and beers on the beach. The ground is still a building site with two days to go. If they call it off (rumour is it could be moved back to Colombo) I think a few of us will just be staying here.

Our stay here has been very relaxing and very beautiful. We have learnt more about the island and their crazy rules!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did you know................if you have a car accident here, they do not have enough Ambulances on the island to pick you up, so someone who witnessed the crash, or who is okay but involved in the crash has to find a c...

I have decided that this week is not nearly enough time to see this country. My time here this time is more about unwinding after 6 weeks in India. I was tempted to get off the plane and head straight for a beach. I'm glad I saw a little more, and what I've seen has made me realize I must come back to this country--there is so much to do and se...

I spent Christmas in Unawatuna with Denise. We were up at 6 every morning to do yoga which really paid off because the first few days the sun only came out for a few hours (between 6 and 9). Had we slept in we would have missed out on those few precious rays. Most mornings we would hear the monkeys in the trees up above us - they came to eat the...

We travelled to Unawatuna by public and private bus. The buses here are crazy and that is if you can find the one you want. Ask 10 different people where to go and get 10 different answers I promise you!! In the Czech Republic there are a few driving regulations here there is 1: Use you horn as often as you see fit!! When we arrived the in the c...

xxxx just in case noboby knew, but when you reply back from this travel log you don`t get charged or have to be a member etc!! have got over my depression ( losing my mobile,thanx for all those cheered me up). i meet some great new zealand dykes, we had a ball for 6 days, i was well behaved every night!!!? except getting washed into the sea one ...

"Have you ever seen someone killed?" I asked Affan. A question which would, in any other time and place, seem terribly inappropriate. "Yes, yes I have" he paused slightly as his face went from laughter to a somber stare. "How?" I probed deeper. "Tires, they put them in tires and WOOSH" he said in his thick Sri Lankan English accent, gesturing in...