Destination: Sri Lanka

Insect Central

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [2961]

‘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

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [1247] | 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: Random

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By bafarrell | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Tea tea tea

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Photo Gallery

Tea-riffic

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [1066]

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

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [2418]

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

Gallery: Yala

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Photo Gallery

White Auntie

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [1031]

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

Sat, 9 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Photo Gallery

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

Wed, 6 Feb 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [2249]

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

Sri Lanka

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 | By jonanna | Views [443]

Just arrived in Singapore after spending 2 weeks in lovely Sri Lanka. Spent some time on the beach, went to Unawatuna and then on to Mirissa beach which was really beautiful - palm fringed and empty.  Unfortunatly the sea was quite rough so we couldn't ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Sri Lanka revisited....

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [1201]

Mon 7th Jan - Back in Sri Lanka for a couple of days ahead of going to Thailand. Now at GMT+5.5 hours. Stopping back in Negombo again but at a different place, the 'Silver Sands' hotel. Good price and faciliies and location ok. Need to relax and ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

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

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By rebmason80 | Views [1265]

'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 >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Gallery: Turtle Farm

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By rebmason80 | Photo Gallery

Sri Lanka

Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By jeffbrad | Views [3060] | 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