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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Kande Viharaya Temple at Aluthgama (Sri Lanka)
Hi everyone =) I’m back to my blog after a long and well-earned rest ;)
I want to wish all of you a wonderful, prosperous and peaceful New Year 2013!!
This post is about the latest (itsy bitsy) outing the family went on last year. “Outings” are getting to...
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Adisham and Strawberries...
A visit to the beautiful and quaint bungalow at Adisham ...
.... a walk among charming statutes in the garden ...
... strawberries....
... and delectable jam...
This was in April.
Adisham is a beautiful little monastry run by...
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Kite-surfing off Negombo beach
Kitesurfing has become the newest rage in extreme water-surface sports in Sri Lanka.
Obviously, the clear weather, blue skies and huge waves are all great crowd and confidence boost...
Thursday, June 23, 2011
At Paasikuda beach
We visited Paasikuda last April. It is one of the prettiest and most calm beaches in Sri Lanka. The waters are not too deep nor too rough.... Paasikuda means Green-Algae-Bay. It is a coastal resort which is situated 35 kilometers North West of Batticaloa. We found...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Dr. R. L. Spittel - Hail Lanka!
Hail Lanka!
Let others belaud the ways of the West, Or homeland or township, wherever it be, However mighty, however blest - Lanka, my Island, you are all to me. When homeward I keel from travels afar, And your mountains arise like wraiths from the sea, By rose of the dawn or beam of the star: Oh, Island mine, you are heaven to me. And from the Peak and the table-land That brave the blue dome's immensity,...
Even the sands are varied in Sri Lanka...
Sri Lankan beaches host many colours of sand... every beach is unique and vividly colourful in its own way... Have you ever stopped to wonder at the myriads of little animals on a sea shor...
Sunday, June 12, 2011
One beautiful moment in Sri Lanka......
" To me the beauty of Ceylon lies not so much in its blue seas and golden beaches, its jungles and its mountain peaks, as in its ancient atmosphere.
There is no nation, from Egypt of the Pharaohs to modern Britian, in whose literature this island has not at some...
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