Lotus Villa
Travel Blogs from Ahungalla
A thousand words
There have been far too many exceptional moments during this trip to pick a favorite in any category. The Singhalese people were happy and smiling, liked Americans, respected grandmothers and helped Carmen and I in any way they could. They were eager to share their remarkable country and heritage and proud of the variety that is within this one full-of-wonders island. A picture says a thousand words so I will attach several to this ...
11 dage i Sri Lanka - og min første safaritur
... 229;r mad ca hver 3 time, så vi håber det hjælper lidt på vægten. Igår var en af mødrene til et af børnene forbi, for at se til sin datter. Hun er 15 år gammel og bor på hjemmet for unge misbrugte piger, som ligger lige ved siden af børnehjemmet. Hun blev gravid som 14 årig, da hendes far misbrugte hende og derfor er hun endt her.... Hendes datter er en meget smilende lille pige, som altid sidder ...
Leopards-0 : Snakes-1
... house at 5 am we had just entered the park, when a light drizzle started to fall. Soon afterward the drizzle built to heavy rain blowing through the Jeeps open canopy and flooding the Parks dirt roads. Despite having our Gortex jackets we were soon soaked to the skin. Fortunately much of the wildlife in the park was not as particular about getting soaking wet as we were. Elephants played in the mud, water buffalo continued being water buffalo and the deer stood around as if it ...
Unawatuna
... Rangers strip – Adam was delighted and we obviously had to get a photo of them together!
One day when we were heading back after a lazy day on the beach we were told that lots of baby turtles had hatched so we went to the pub where they were kept to have a nosey. They were so tiny! We were told that they would be releasing them that evening so we decided ...
A waiting game...
Hi All!! I'm alive!!
So, I'm in Laos now - having left Sri Lanka for Thailand, and now here, so here's my entry for my last week in Sri Lanka...
The end of Sri Lanka was a mixed bag. On the Tuesday I woke up, hungover (as to be expected after my 2nd night out with the ex-marine lads) and spent the day on the beach. I promised myslef a quiet night, but - hey ho, as I'm there having my Chicken Curry on the ...