Here’s what makes Sri Lankan beaches absolutely unique – and why timing is everything. The seasonal secret,
West/South Coast (Nov-Apr): Unawatuna, Mirissa, Bentota East Coast (May-Sep): Arugam Bay, Pasikuda, Nilaveli …………. tip: Most tourists get this wrong and end up with monsoon rains
A Circular from Louise Miller-Frost, MP for Boothby, mid-August 2025 … with highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi
I spent most of Wednesday at the SARDI/PIRSA facility in West Beach with Federal Environment Minister Senator Murray Watt and Deputy Premier and SA Environment Minister Susan Close.
Scientists briefed us on the causal factors, development and impact of the bloom and possible future scenarios.
Dilum Alagiyawanna, in Daily Mirror, August 2025
Local-based renewable projects, unlike Adani’s mega 5.2 MW high-efficiency turbines, show that cleaner energy is possible, without harming Sri Lanka’s sensitive bird habitat.
The Central Asian Flyway is one of the most significant bird migration corridors globally, stretching from Siberia and Central Asia to the Indian Ocean.
Michael Roberts
‘Arriving’ in this world in 1938, I was lucky to reside within the Fort of Galle as the youngest in a large family. My father TW Roberts was a retired Ceylon Civil Servant and a respected member of the upper-class circles in town – with his membership of the Galle Gymkhana Club as one mark of this position. This status notwithstanding, we lived in rented houses –first in Pedlar Street and then in Middle Street.
Galle fort & port in British times … & an Aerial View more recently
Item in Daily Mirror, 7 November 2024
Sri Lanka awarded ’’Most Desirable Island in the World
7 November 2024 Daily Mirror
Sri Lanka has been voted as the “Most Desirable Island in the World” according to the results for the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards
According to the travel magazine ‘Wanderlust’, Sri Lanka has risen from last year’s eighth place to take Gold in one of the Awards’ most thrilling turnarounds.
Destinations, tour operators and travel brands have been recognized across 22 categories, including the Most Desirable Countries and Cities in Europe and around the world at the 23rd Annual Wanderlust Reader Travel Awards.
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Michael Roberts
The Thuppahi item on the turtle nursey at Rekawa along the southern coast of Sri Lanka …… https://thuppahis.com/2024/10/24/the-turtle-nursery-at-rekawa-in-southern-sri-lanka/#more-85722 …… has revived two inspiring ‘moments’ when I had ‘brushes’ with a turtle. Both indelible experiences which are etched in my mind’s pictorial eye took place at the Unawatuna beach about four miles east of Galle town – a popular tourist beach on the other side of the Buona Vista peninsula that constitutes the eastern ‘front’ of Galle harbour.
Risidra Mendis, in Ceylon Today, 19 October 2024 where the title runs thus: “A world without turtles is a world less beautiful”
Far from the hustle and bustle of city life and nestled along the Southern Coast of Sri Lanka is a place of natural beauty and tranquility. The clear blue water and the sounds of the waves, the breathtaking sunrise and the unforgettable sunset over the Indian ocean. This is the Rekawa beach where nature can be experienced at its best.
Rear. Admiral Y.N. Jayarathne …. whose preferred title for this article is “Principles of the Swarming Concepts” …. and where the black highlights are his work
Situational awareness
The Sea Tiger, enemy we fought at sea, was a ‘worthy enemy’ as I recall! This enemy (when I say enemy it is not an individual that I am referring to but the group or the collection of individuals) evolved from a fisheries background: thus they knew the ground (the sea, the marine environment and the marine weather. In any fishing community there always will be weather forecasters who would say whether it is going to rain or sea is going to be rough by simply looking at the clouds and environment), new the trade of seafaring; how to manoeuvre/navigate the boats and new how to repair, modify and manufacture boats! All these were passed down the generations through experience and wisdom, and not by formal education at school. So, they were psychologically empowered, physically fit by knowing how to swim at sea (a tremendous self-confidence factor in personal capacity) and professionally competent for the trade!
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SHENELLER introduces many tourist sites in Sri La nka ….and in this video-film episode introduces PIGEON ISLAND off Trincomalee‘s Nilaweli Beach in a video entitled “Swimming with Sharks at Pigeon Island”
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