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Trip: Sri Lanka

There are [12] stories from my trip: Sri Lanka


Danger! Danger! Is there really a need to be worried?

SRI LANKA | Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 | Views [1040] | Comments [1]

The teardrop of India, Sri Lanka is also known as the pearl, these poetic euphanisms really don’t do it justice. The country and its people are amazing; it has everything to offer and more. However at the moment sense of danger lurks underneath the surface, ... Read more >


Insect Central

SRI LANKA | Friday, 7 Mar 2008 | Views [2965]

‘Picture yourself in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies’. Ahhh, that psychadelic song by The Beatles. I am desperately trying to lull myself to sleep with that line as I lie beside Ant though he could well be Indiana Jones as ... Read more >


Adams "pant" Peak

SRI LANKA | Monday, 3 Mar 2008 | Views [1250] | Comments [1]

“Five thousand two hundred steps, is that all?”…. I was of course joking. Sitting comfortably in the taxi with Steve, Maureen and Ant we could see Adams Peak looming in the distance, towering over the other mountains. This is what we were coming to conquer….... Read more >


Gallery: Tea tea tea

SRI LANKA | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Liptons seat
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Tea-riffic

SRI LANKA | Tuesday, 19 Feb 2008 | Views [1068]

A cuppa char, A brew, There is nothing quite like a nice cup of tea. Visiting a tea factor, seeing exactly where it comes from, swept off the floor, handled by yours truly…thank goodness we made it using boiling water. Ant, Maureen, Steve and I ... Read more >


Yala and the elusive Leopard

SRI LANKA | Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 | Views [2422]

A jeep for seven, gears crunching as we roll backwards and forwards, smoke chugging out the back…not the ideal way to lure a leopard but still the search continued…… Yala National Park is located on the south east coast of Sri Lanka covering an ... Read more >

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Gallery: Yala

SRI LANKA | Saturday, 16 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery

Check out the animals
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White Auntie

SRI LANKA | Friday, 15 Feb 2008 | Views [1033]

Ker ho……..ker hom……. ker homme…e..der KERHOMMERDER…….I stutter my way through the words, watching the lips of my friend intently, imitating her mouth movements, my first step at attempting to learn sinalese. Once I got it there was no stopping me, ... Read more >


Gallery: Sri Lanka beaches

SRI LANKA | Saturday, 9 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery


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How i came to be scrubbing turtle poop......

SRI LANKA | Wednesday, 6 Feb 2008 | Views [2252]

So this is how it all came about.... Staying in Hikkaduwa, on the south coast of Sri Lanka Ant and i decided to venture off the beach and visit a recommended turtle farm a short bus ride away. Within hours of visiting and returning to the ... Read more >

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The realisation of "i have been ripped off again!"

SRI LANKA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Views [1267]

'Travel' the word conjures up so many different thoughts, your imagination goes a little crazy.....for me it means exploration, experiences, self knowledge and gaining a new outlook on life. It is great to be able to travel freely, moving on when ... Read more >

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Gallery: Turtle Farm

SRI LANKA | Sunday, 6 Jan 2008 | Photo Gallery


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