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Experiencing Sri Lanka’s Providence- Part 3: Hiking the Tea Trails
Blog: Todd's Wanderings - 8 June 2010
Called Serendib by Arab traders (the origin of the word “serendipity”), Sri Lanka has an amazing diversity for a small island and offers the possibility of experiencing vastly different climates, history, and cultures during a short vacation. In this Four Part Series I will share a glimpse of four different areas of Sri Lanka that can, and should, be a part of any itinerary to the island of providence. Part 1 explores the East Coast city of Trincomalee and the Hindu Koneswaram Temple and Part 2 brought us to the Ancient Buddha Rock Statues of Polonnaruwa.
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Ye ‘ol grey nomads
Blog: Backpackular Spectacular - 24 March 2010
“I’m not being racist BUT…” The warning bells always go off when someone opens with a line like that. My brother, sister and I were sitting around Amarasinghe Guest House in Haputale, face-to-face by the equally loved/feared creature: The grey nomad. This English grey nomad had fully embraced his grey nomad status with long, yet [...]
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We were warned: The election.
Blog: Backpackular Spectacular - 19 March 2010
We were warned. The travel advice by the Australian Government had jumped just before we left to “reconsider your need to travel”. The northern and eastern areas were at “do not travel”. The whole country remains in a state of emergency. Upon our arrival the upcoming election between the current President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the [...]
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Weekend in Haputale Sri Lanka
Blog: Todd's Wanderings - 24 October 2009
In August I headed up into the hill country with two friends to beat the heat in Colombo. Our destination was the Kelbourne Tea Estate just outside of Haputale. Kelbourne Estate has three English tea bungalows set high up in the mountains in the middle of a working tea plantation.
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