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SRI LANKA | Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [179] | Video
Location: Dalada Maligawa, Raja Vidiya, Kandy, Sri Lanka Dates: Ten days ending on the full moon in August Level of Participation: 4 – jostle for a view of tuskers Description: Legend has ... Read more >
Tags: esala perahera, tooth festival, world festivals, sri lanka
SRI LANKA | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [146] | Video
Location: Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara, Colombo, Sri Lanka Dates: January poya (full moon) Level of Participation: 1 – watch three wondrous parades Description: Second only to the Kandy Esala ... Read more >
Tags: sri lanka, world festivals
SRI LANKA | Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By scholarships | Views [1085]
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 >
Tags: travel writing, scholarship, world nomads, sri lanka, susannah palk, winner
SRI LANKA | 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
SRI LANKA | Mon, 4 Aug 2008 | By scholarships | Views [1420]
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 >
Tags: world nomads, travel writing, sri lanka, kosgoda, scholarship, podcast
WORLDWIDE | Mon, 7 Jul 2008 | By scholarships | Views [905] | Comments [1]
Susannah Palk (left), recipient of the World Nomads Travel Writing Scholarship & our Programs Manager, Amanda Byrne. We were lucky enough to meet the lovely Susannah before she set off on her travel writing assignment to Sri Lanka. ... Read more >
Tags: travel writing scholarship, world nomads, sri lanka
WORLDWIDE | Wed, 20 Feb 2008 | By scholarships | Views [15838] | Comments [51]
Go on assignment to Kosgoda, Sri Lanka and unearth your own travel story! Applications close: May 25, 2008 World Nomads will send one exceptional student to participate on an i-to-i volunteer project in the tsunami devastated region of ... Read more >
Tags: travel scholarship, writing, sri lanka, 2008, world nomads, i-to-i, kosgoda
SRI LANKA | Fri, 30 Mar 2007 | By safetyhub | Views [1089] | Comments [1]
On 26 March, shortly before 01:00 local time, two light aircraft (one according to the government) belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Ealam (LTTE) dropped several bombs on Sri Lanka's Katunayake air force base situated next to Colombo international ... Read more >
Tags: travel safety, red24, sri lanka, colombo, tamil tigers
