Batticaloa, Sri Lanka

... not planned was the  20 check points my bus would encounter getting there.  The war between the LTTE and the Sri Lanakan government is mainly in the north but the closer you get the more check points you encounter.  Check points ...

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... celebrations, you do nothing out of respect. Auruda Celebration I went out to Netolpitya at around 6 on Sunday evening.  Sri Lankan's very much believe in astrology and all the auspicious times to do different rituals are determined in this way.  ...

... photos de notre sejour a Batticaloa et un arret genial au Kandalama Hotel ... merci Ashwini ! Plus bientot ... A few pictures from our CAUSE Canada trip to Batticaloa and a superb stop at Kandalama hotel ... thanks Ashwini ! More soon ! Edith xox

JINGLE BELLS. JINGLE BELLS. Our journey to the east coast of Sri Lanka had an inauspicious start.   What should have been a 7 hour jaunt on the train turned into a 16 hour journey of disastrous proportions.   No "bl**dy bugger" that we asked told us that the ...