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Alankuda
Nous arrivons à l'aéroport vers 23h heure local mais pour nous il est 1h du matin et le voyage n'est pas encore fini. Heureusement tout est organisé, un taxi nous attend à la sortie de l'aéroport pour nous emmener à Alankuda, sur la côte nord-est de l'île. C'est reparti pour 2h30 de voiture. La route est chaotique mais nous sommes trop fatigués pour résister au sommeil. Lorsque nous arrivons à l'hôtel, en pleine nuit, le staff nous accueille, nous demande si la ...
These feet weren't made for walking...
... or that's just what they think. Let me first enlighten you to what a tuktuk or rickshaw is. First cross a golfkart with a motorbike, and then include a driver who is willing to take you anywhere for a fee as long as it isn't the hotel you first mention. The reason being, obviously, that it is a bad hotel, thieving proprietors, all kinds of animals, beasties and funghi in the ...
Skip to save the soles of your feet
We've now reached Pollanurawa where we expect to continue the cultural side of our visit to Sri Lanka. Very tricky as well, because "old-stone-syndrome" - the problem where an overfeeding of ruins, temples, dagobas, image houses, statues and fountains leads to total indifference and an overload of the brain - is bound to set in at some time. Another thing which is not necessarily particular to hindu and buddhist ...
L'orientation
Our host organization hosted an orientation the first few days I was in Colombo. The WUSC (World University Services of Canada who partnered with CECI to create Uniterra - the organization I'm officially volunteering with; Uniterra doesn't have a presence in Sri Lanka, so I'm working closely with WUSC) office was extremely welcoming. We had a lantern lighting ceremony (see picture) followed by tea and Sri Lankan ...
Sri Lanka here we come
Today we fly to Colombo, Sri Lanka. The flight took 45 minutes with Sri Lankan Airlines and is one of the best flights I've ever had. We landed just after lunch time and airport security was at its maximum. We had no idea where we were headed so we stopped at one of the travel desks and discussed our options. We only have two weeks and want to pack in as much as we ...


