Destination: Sri Lanka
There are [61] stories and [1875] photos from Sri Lanka
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Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By flashorton | Views [369] | Comments [6]
8.00am: Wake up cold, with the fan blowing hard through the mozzie net. The sound of the surf crashing against the shore, the fan rattling, the yowling and screeching and squeaking of the dogs and crows and chipmunks. Feel the night’s bites start to ... Read more >
Tags: surfing, sri lanka, arugam bay
Thu, 9 Mar 2006 | By leelefever | Views [317] | Comments [5]
Sri Lanka is even more foreign than I imagined. We've hired a driver named Mervin who is driving us arond the island. It's a good thing too because if we had to drive here, or even take the bus, it may be a life threatening experience. The barely ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 | By leelefever | Views [1347] | Comments [4]
Our trip to Sri Lanka would not have been so special had it not been for two people. These two people helped us understand Sri Lanka and travel around it. They are both reliable, honest, trustworthy and nice people. I can't say enough about their service.... Read more >
Tags: People
Sun, 14 Oct 2007 | By scarlett333 | Views [285] | Comments [4]
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 | By stephen_haynes | Views [877] | Comments [3]
Wow, it is hard work keeping this site up to date when there is so much relaxing, surfing and partying to do here! So, I made it into Sri Lanka meeting up with another Aussie dude Andrew at the airport who would become my on/off travel buddy for most ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [514] | Comments [3]
24/07/2008 Colombo, Sri Lanka. And so, in a true spur of the moment decision, i have ended up in Sri Lanka. After meeting an Aussie couple in the back of a taxi on Koh Phangan who live and work here in Colombo, and then finding out ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [263] | Comments [3]
Voila en gros la philosophie du voyage, pas trop de plans et de prises de tete avec le timing, de la spontaneite et de la souplesse. Cest comme ca que je me suis retrouvé dimanche ( avec un gros, gros coup de pouce de Dieu, faut le dire ) dans la maison ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [633] | Comments [2]
Sat 22nd Dec - Rapid south Indian breakfast at the hotel and free drop-off at the airport international terminal. Sri Lankan Airlines Flight UL122 due to leave at 10:30am for Sri Lanka, so straight to check-in via the usual baggage screening at ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [273] | Comments [2]
Hi every one, I just arrive to Sri Lanka Yesterday, andthe less we can say is that it`s completely DIFFERENT ! The heavy warm air, about 32 degrees with a very hight level of humidity.., the wowens in colorsfull Sari, the market completely dirty ... Read more >
Sun, 28 Oct 2007 | By scarlett333 | Views [267] | Comments [2]
who is madame helga?
My dreams came to life last night, not in my slumber but in real life. Tangible things that i could reach out and touch somehow crept out of the deepest recesses of my mind and into this place called Helgas Folly.I came ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 | By alpha_ | Views [325] | Comments [1] | Video
Just getting a mail from the embassy of India, I have to be in Colombo at 9 Am this Friday , so i don`t have so much time in the south.... so I take a train to welligama, wondefull beach where i have a contact... ( Ok it`s not fair again to take the ... Read more >
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [317] | 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 >
Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [282] | 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 >
Thu, 14 Dec 2006 | By paavimate-v | Views [280] | Comments [1]
Hiya, paavimate Vlad here. We're looking for volunteers and good souls to come down to Sri Lanka and lend a hand. paavima.org is a grass-roots organization (basically a bunch of diver friends) trying to help out a community in need. We're using dive ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 21 Feb 2006 | By kev_desilva | Views [273] | Comments [1]
Travelling with Matt who has a 47 inch waist...bear witness.
Tags: The Planning Phase
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 | By scarlett333 | Views [223] | Comments [1]
Today we finally made it into the parks boundaries. This was my first chance to observe the elephants up close, in broad daylight. We would pull the rover to the side of the path and the elephants would go about their business as if we werent even there.... Read more >
Tags: The Great Outdoors
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By greenguava | Views [219] | Comments [1]
Korkkaanpa blogin Münchenin lentokentällä to 2.10.2008 19:00 paikallista aikaa. Suomessa kello jo lienee 20:00. Matka tähän asti on sujunut jouhevasti, vaikka vähän väsyttää. En nukkunut koneessa Helsingistä Müncheniin, vaan juttelin mukavan suomalaisnaisen ... Read more >
Thu, 30 Oct 2008 | By greenguava | Views [215] | Comments [1]
Evergreen Park to 30.10.2008 klo 09:55. Kohta on kulunut jo neljä viikkoa siitä kun saavuin Colomboon, enkä ole vieläkään päässyt täältä kovinkaan pitkälle. Hiljaa hyvä tulee..? Joka tapauksessa, olin viime perjantaista maanantaihin asti etelämpänä ... Read more >
Wed, 9 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [163] | Comments [1]
The first thing on my mind when I wake is… what on earth am I going to teach these children and how in hell am I going to control them? But, before I can worry about teaching, we get in our daggy t-shirts and head to Titus’ house again. Where, having ... Read more >
Mon, 21 Apr 2008 | By annaspanna | Views [153] | Comments [1]
So we arrived in Colombo at 2.30pm local time, we decided to head for Hikkaduwa straight away.... The journey was 100kms, piece of cake... it took 4 hours! We've been surfing every day and partying with some locals from Colombo that we meet on our ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [726]
Today we have a change in plan. No construction work today (my arms are quite relieved). Instead we head across the road to the turtle hatchery. Here we empty all the turtle tanks, clean them, by scrub them with brushes and dried coconut shells (surprisingly ... Read more >
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 | By amsa-ihp-2005 | Views [604]
Sri Lanka is a tiny island in the Indian Ocean with a landmass the size of Tasmania but with a population near that of the whole of Australia! Sri Lanka was one of the nations hardest hit by the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004 with over 30,000 lives lost ... Read more >
Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health
Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [534]
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 >
Tags: Work
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [530]
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 >
Tags: ant stone, john hatt
Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [383]
‘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 >
