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Travel Blogs from Kalutara
The Arrival
... our money and found our driver - His name was Pryanthia - He was lovely.
We set off - WOW.....I thought the idiots in their cars in England were bad...Well...They are actually fantastic drivers in comparison.
I couldnt believe my eyes. How we didnt hit a motorcyclist I do not know. Sometimes 3 of them per bike! Mum and Dad wearing helmets and then the child without a helmet in the middle swerving in and out of ...
Twenty three years later
... jams. And as for the sound of horns - well, I still think it has been considerably diminished, but is by no means eliminated.
Gerry and I came to Sri Lanka in 1988 as CIDA co-operants, mandated to establish a regional training centre specializing in agriculture and community development - rather a daunting task at any time, but particularly so in the midst of two wars: the JVP in the South and the LTTE in the North. Although not ...
Udawalawe National Park and the City of Gems
... when our driver came and I wondered how frightening an experience driving in Sri Lanka in the dark might be. We had left the boys behind as they were quite happy to spend another lazy day in the hotel and it did go through my mind that it might have been a good idea. The journey was slow and although we felt tired you couldn't nap as the full beam lights of the oncoming traffic lit up the car. The route seemed very windy and as it was dark it was difficult to make out where we ...
Kalutara Town and images of the tsunami
... which ended up being further than we had imagined so much so that we ended up getting a tuk-tuk into town. Its name comes from the Kalu Ganga River that flows beside the town. There is a large temple - Kalutara Vihara, famous for being the world’s only hollow Buddhist shrine. We crossed over the Kalutara Bridge weaving in and out of the traffic and pulled in to park up. This was not the touristy part of town and we struggled to find a shop to ...
Colombo & cricket - reloaded...
... main roads blocked off. Reading the results a couple of days later the incumbent government (local governments are closely aligned to the federal government in SL) won 209 out of 225 seats.... now that's what I call democracy Sri Lankan style !!
Up early with another breakfast box (cheese sandwich, well sort of cheese... you can imagine Siobhan's disappointment, and fruit) and off to the train station for another train ride. This one was for four hours and was nice but not as ...