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Wed, 8 Oct 2008 | By greenguava | Views [596]
Narahenpita,
Colombo su 6.10.2008 klo 19:55.
Ystäväni, matkakumppanini ja
jälleen Aasian kämppäkaverini Salla saapui lauantaina
myöhään iltapäivästä Lontoosta Horton
Gardenin guesthouseen, jossa olimme ... Read more >
Sat, 4 Oct 2008 | By greenguava | Views [681] | 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 >
Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By scholarships | Views [3686] | Comments [2]
Susannah Palk, winner of the 2008 Travel Writing Scholarship has just had her travel article published in both The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age (Melbourne based paper).
It's a beautiful story about her volunteering assignment in Sri Lanka. Congratulations ... Read more >
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 | By flashorton | Views [3475] | 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: arugam bay, sri lanka, surfing
Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By scholarships | Views [5161]
Susannah has returned from her Travel Writing assignment in Sri Lanka where she volunteered in Kosgoda, a small coastal village devastated by the tsunami. She got her hands dirty working on everything from building houses to teaching English and saving ... Read more >
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 | By simon_hennig | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 | By simon_hennig | Views [1351] | 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, 16 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [1216]
Another cloudy overcast day for my last day of ‘working’, as tomorrow is a ‘Poya day’, - a Buddhist holiday, everyone gets a day off, yay! So, today instead of working at Titus’ house we must clean the turtle tanks, which we would usually do tomorrow.... Read more >
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [842]
Wonderful, glorious cool weather! I didn’t think I could be happy to see cloudy grey skies, but I am. The coolness and the breeze seem to have swept away yesterdays lethargy and today we are all new people. This is my last day working at Titus’ ... Read more >
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [677]
Well, I guess it was inevitable - I have the runs. No trip to Asia would be complete without it I guess. (Sorry to all those who may be offended by the the inner workings of my bowels.) So after a rather sleepless night I get dressed in my now rather ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [959]
Today we make the trip back home to Kosgoda. However, first we make a stop at a tea factory just outside of Kandy. Before we even step in the front door to the tea factory I can smell…tea, the smell is so pungent it’s like the walls have been sprayed ... Read more >
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [1319]
Today we saw the sites of Kandy, including the Botanical Gardens, a Batik factory and a woodcarving factory, wandered the central bazaar and vegetable markets and also caught the Kandy dancing show, which was pretty impressive. But by far the most interesting ... Read more >
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [809]
The weekend is here! Well kinda…we have taken an early mark and skipped cleaning the beach to head to Kandy. Kandy is the capital city of the hill country and is a good five hours drive from Kosgoda. Only half an hour into our travels we head inland ... Read more >
Thu, 10 Jul 2008 | By susannah_palk | Views [3398]
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 >
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