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Mon, 6 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Views [1771]
If you're a foodie chances are you've tried (pfft, led) most of the recent superfood trends. A kale smoothie for brekky? Or perhaps you fancy a quinoa salad for lunch? For most Sri Lankans though, there's just one superfood ingredient they rely on –... Read more >
Tags: chilaw, coconuts, cooking, food tour, king coconut, sambal, sri lanka, superfoods, tapper, toddy
Sun, 5 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 4 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 4 Jul 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [710] | Comments [1]
When I grew up, my Grandmum sometimes talked about her time in Ceylon. She’d worked there as a nurse with the World Health Organization in the 1950’s, and also spent years in India, Indonesia, and Iran. As a child, I listened to her ... Read more >
Tags: culinary travel, food, hill country, kandy, sri lanka
Wed, 1 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By flyingpiglet | Photo Gallery
A quick look at a fascinating country
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Thu, 28 May 2015 | By flyingpiglet | Views [598]
“Aryubown” – Sri Lankan greeting meaning ‘long life to you’.
I spent a slightly hectic but very interesting five days in Sri Lanka in May. It was my first visit, and I only got a quick feel for what the country is like, ... Read more >
Tags: buddha, buddhist, elephant, sri lanka, temple
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By thelazyiguana | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
A limited patch of reddish sand, coconut palms, scattered boulders and strong roaring greenish waves, these are the typical elements of a Sri Lankan beach. Flying drizzles, wind and vapor invaded my glasses and showed me how wild the ocean could be. Being ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By theshadowsofthesun | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
I came to Sri Lanka during pilgrimage season, a time of year when thousands of religious devotees make a seven kilometer climb up over 5500 steps to the top of one of the tallest mountains in the country - Sri Pada; in the native language, it is Samanalakande ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By caitlinannsweeney | Views [220] | Scholarship Entry
I am sure many of my loved ones were surprised to learn that it took as long as 48 hours for me to take the first wrong turn of my travels. With all of the confidence that being a twenty-one year old graduate brings I had left them all behind and set ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By __olha | Views [118] | Scholarship Entry
The first thought after opening my eyes in the morning, which immediately made me wake up, was whether the curtain over my bad was closed or not. Frankly speaking, I consider it to be the only problem bothering me during my trip to Sri Lanka. Even thought, ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By pippy | Views [212] | Scholarship Entry
It was my last day in Sri Lanka, I had said goodbye to my travel companion the night before at a dark and dingy motel in the middle of, what seemed like no where. I had been reassured by a new, local friend that there was an express bus to Galle nearby, ... Read more >
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Fri, 22 May 2015 | By finlayrenwick | Views [232] | Scholarship Entry
“Beware of the elephants later sir, they are dangerous at night,” my tuk-tuk driver said, casually, as we hurtled down a pothole-ridden dirt road. Glancing anxiously at the ominous walls of undergrowth flanking me on either side, I imagined a gruesome ... Read more >
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Sat, 25 Apr 2015 | By theroadtobeyond | Views [843] | Scholarship Entry
The only thing that outshone the bright blue exterior of the non-AC bus (or local bus as it is also known) was the interior. As I boarded my eyes were met by a large white statue of Buddha perched behind the drivers seat. Above hung a mobile disco of ... Read more >
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Fri, 24 Apr 2015 | By itmustbetoday | Views [213] | Scholarship Entry
I only knew about Sri Lanka through a snail mail buddy i got back in 2007. All i knew was there had been war and his daily life. I often thought that there was so much between India and Siri Lanka. I have never been to India but the news of the country ... Read more >
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