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SRI LANKA | Thu, 23 Mar 2017 | By savagesantini | Views [604]
Slopes to Surf
Three months ago, I traded my flannels for board shorts and ventured far from the snowcapped Colorado mountains to the sapphire coastline of Sri Lanka. For many, Sri Lanka remains a palm-speckled mystery that is slowly beginning ... Read more >
Tags: adventure travel, beaches, experience, insight, island life, sri lanka, surfing, trekking
SRI LANKA | Thu, 20 Oct 2016 | By doraontheroad | Views [542] | Comments [1]
Ferðin byrjaði á klukkutíma seinkun hjá WOW air vegna þess að þeir þurftu að bíða eftir farþegum frá Ameríkufluginu sem voru seinir. Loksins þegar við komumst ... Read more >
Tags: flight, frankfurt, kuala lumpur, perth, sri lanka, wow air
SRI LANKA | Mon, 20 Jun 2016 | By finally | Photo Gallery
Sri Lanka is our second last country on this trip around the world and the 25th one overall!!! Our adventure is coming to an end and it feels so weird. We are on the one hand looking forward to a more comfortable life and on the other hand we're sad it's ...
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Tags: ella, kandy, sri lanka, tea plantation
SRI LANKA | Sun, 1 Nov 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1007]
Our final adventure in Colombo required a very early morning – I set my alarm for 4:50am, if I recall correctly. We left before dawn, headed towards Negombo, about an hour north of the capital.
Bleary eyed, we arrived at the town’... Read more >
Tags: colombo, fish, fish market, fishing, market, negombo, sri lanka
SRI LANKA | Tue, 20 Oct 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [802]
The final few days of our trip were spent in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital.
In moving around the city, Asanga mentioned several times how much faster and more convenient it was to travel. During the decades-long civil war, Colombo was riddled ... Read more >
Tags: colombo, culinary travel, food, hill country, ministry of crab, old dutch hospital, sri lanka, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Thu, 8 Oct 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [892]
After our somewhat cloak-and-dagger glimpse into the tea world, it was time to leave Hill Country and head south, to where it’s truly hot. All that time in the mountains I’d thought it was scorching, but I was actually just lukewarm in comparison ... Read more >
Tags: culinary travel, food, gem mine, gems, hill country, mining, ratnapura, sri lanka, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Wed, 30 Sep 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [838]
When I sat down to write this, I had a cup of tea next to me. When I sat down to finish it, I had another cup of tea. A third cup will keep me company as I edit the photos. Tea is my ritual, my companion, my main source of caffeine. For some reason, ... Read more >
Tags: culinary travel, food, hill country, sri lanka, tea, tea factory, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Fri, 18 Sep 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1003]
“They’re called Italy.” “Excuse me?” “They’re called Italy.” “I’m sorry….what?” “ Idli . I-D-L-I.” “Oooooooh…..”
Such was the conversation ... Read more >
Tags: culinary travel, food, hill country, south indian food, sri lanka, tamil, tea, vegetarian, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Fri, 11 Sep 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [600]
Our epic, 7-hour train journey from Kandy to Bandarawela took us high into the mountains. I was now in tea. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
As we pulled in, green mountains dominated the view, and a sign on the outskirts of town welcomed us to “... Read more >
Tags: #feastsl, culinary travel, food, hill country, liptons seat, sri lanka, tea, tea picking, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Tue, 1 Sep 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1044]
When a particular country is mentioned, my mind usually thinks of its landscapes. Someone says Bolivia, and I think of salt flats. For Iceland, it’s those mighty waterfalls. Italy is a neatly-laid vineyard. The words ‘Sri Lanka’ have ... Read more >
Tags: culinary travel, food, hill country, hill country, sri lanka, tea, tea country, train, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Tue, 25 Aug 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [924]
Our last few days in Kandy were a flurry of pineapples and processions.
One evening, a local family – Kolitha, Deepthi, Chamodi, and Dilumi – hosted me for a cooking lesson and dinner.
Their home sat next to a flooded rice paddie, ... Read more >
Tags: buddhism, culinary travel, food, hill country, monks, sri lanka, temple, temple of the tooth, world nomads, world travel
THAILAND | Thu, 20 Aug 2015 | By cocolamb | Views [461]
"Where am I?"
You're working a journalism job any budding reporter would kill for. You travel the U.S. to sit up in air conditioned press boxes at U.S. Women's National Soccer team matches and you get to interview Alex Morgan and Abby ... Read more >
Tags: adventure, backpacker, cambodia, laos, maldives, southeast asia, sri lanka, thailand, travel, vietnam
SRI LANKA | Fri, 14 Aug 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1051]
One morning in Kandy, we woke up very early – so early, the city’s many stray dogs were still sleeping, and the roads were not yet crowded with tuk tuks. We climbed into the van, and held on carefully to the containers of well-wrapped dishes ... Read more >
Tags: buddhism, culinary travel, food, hill country, holy, monks, sri lanka, temple, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Fri, 31 Jul 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1181]
Learning to cook from people is one of the greatest privileges I know. Watching experienced hands take ingredients and transform them into dishes is something I’ll never tire of, and more often than not, my cooking teachers and I haven’t ... Read more >
Tags: coconut, cooking lesson, dessert, hill country, passport and plate, sri lanka, sweets, traditional food, world nomads
SRI LANKA | Wed, 29 Jul 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [1001]
In today’s world, we’re all very accustomed to eating foods that don’t grow where we live. Though I eat as locally as possible, I regularly use olive oil, throw cashews into my salads, and love coconut milk. I also eat chocolate…... Read more >
Tags: cooking, hill country, passport and plate, spice gardens, spices, sri lanka, tour, world nomads
SRI LANKA | Tue, 28 Jul 2015 | By shantysan | Views [458]
STUNTEDMIND ... Read more >
Tags: ak47, arugam bay, mafia, mobster, muslim, peace, pottuvil, sri lanka, tamil, trincomali
SRI LANKA | Wed, 22 Jul 2015 | By lindsaylauren | Views [827]
After several hours on the road, we finally arrived in Kandy, a city with Bogambara Lake at its centre. The lake was constructed by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha in the 19th century, with a square island that apparently used to be the king’... Read more >
Tags: botanical gardens, culinary travel, farmers market, food, hill country, market, sri lanka, world nomads, world travel
SRI LANKA | Fri, 10 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Views [1114]
If you're like me, food is more than just fuel while travelling. You don't just grab a bite between sightseeing, you're constantly searching for the next food experience. There's a 'food' tab in your travel spreadsheet and your travelling style ... Read more >
Tags: cooking, food tour, foodie, sri lanka
SRI LANKA | Fri, 10 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Views [2316] | Video
When travelling to unknown destinations they say to be prepared for anything. But the last thing I expected one morning in Sri Lanka was to find myself seated next to a machete and a firecracker in a handmade treehouse on a remote farm.
My ... Read more >
Tags: chena, coconut, crops, farming, fish, hut, lake, millet, sri lanka, treehouse
SRI LANKA | Thu, 9 Jul 2015 | By madamemahsa | Views [1611] | Video
This is a blog post about how a simple cooking date with one Jaffna family turned into a touching experience that I’ll never forget.
In the kitchen with Mythily and her niece.
On my first night in Sri Lanka’s far north, ... Read more >
Tags: chilli crab, jaffna, sri lanka
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