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“Nineteen kilometres further inland from Tissa lies the small and remote town of KATARAGAMA, one of the three most venerated religious sites in Sri Lanka (along with Adam’s Peak and the Temple of the Tooth at Kandy), held sacred by Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims alike – even Christians sometimes visit in…
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After the hot water wells at Madunagala that morning, we drove the fifty odd kilometres to Tissamaharama, or Tissa as the town is commonly called, stopping briefly to taste fresh yoghurt at the state run farm in the village of Wirawila. ? Tissa was the capital of Sri Lanka’s Ruhuna Kingdom in…
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? “Elephants, when they were in dotage, went to breathe their last at Madunagala hot springs!” – Dr. R.L. Brohier in Seeing Ceylon ? Nobody in the group was in ‘dotage’ but all were anxious to visit the springs. We drove to Madunagala that morning from Udawalawe. The forty kilometre…
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The safari jeeps arrived in the late afternoon. We had travelled from Colombo that morning to the Udawalawe Safari Village Hotel, visiting the Elephant Transit Home en route and were looking forward to the game drive. Udawalawe National Park was established as the fifth national park of Sri Lanka in 1972. The total…
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Human-Elephant conflict in Sri Lanka is serious. Of the estimated 4000 wild elephants in the country, up to 200 die each year from gunshot injuries. Baby elephants are orphaned and many adult elephants are left maimed and suffering. ? Located at the south-western corner of the Uda Walawe Reservoir, the Eth…
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It was my 8th week in Sri Lanka and I had just about recovered from a viral infection which left me with a troublesome cough and headaches. I was getting itchy feet again and wanted to visit the Deep South of the island with its national parks and pilgrim centres.…
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Mirissa is a crescent shaped palm-fringed beach with golden sand in southern Sri Lanka. Despite its popularity with tourists, it has managed to remain relatively unspoilt and clutter free ? I spent a couple of days in Mirissa just after the Christmas break. The drive from Colombo takes only a…
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? ? 26th was also Nick’s birthday. The dawn chorus was melodious and a soft mist rose from the lake. A big, black wild boar grunted and ambled across the field in the valley below. Palm trees swayed in a gentle breeze and bright brown Brahminy Kites with gleaming white…
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The drive to Kandy on Christmas day took three and a half hours. We left Colombo at 5 in the morning, had seenisambal buns and tea for breakfast at Ambepussa, crawled up Kadugannawa pass and hit Kandy in the morning rush hour. Then, it was another forty five minutes to the Albatross. The Albatross…
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