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An Idyllic “Homestay” in Sri Lanka … with Suzy and Bhatiya Ratwatte
Mark Hodson, in The Daily ,News, 13 June 2014, where the original title reads “Sri Lanka: Lush jungle, paddy fields and gastronomical delights” “Sorry about the weather, we were hoping for rain,” said Suzy Ratwatte as she looked out … Continue reading
Around Galle and the southern coast: a magical family holiday
John Gimlette, courtesy of the Daily Telegraph and http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=features/sri-lanka-family-holidays-amazing-mr-elephant where the title reads “Sri Lanka family holidays: the amazing Mr Elephant” If you were to design a child’s perfect holiday, it would involve beaches, a castle, a little magic, something gruesome … Continue reading
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Magnificently lost on a bike in Sri Lanka
Iain Mackay This track definitely wasn’t on the map, and it certainly wasn’t on the Google earth print-out I was using to navigate. I was twenty miles north east of Unawatuna in the south of Sri Lanka and it was … Continue reading
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A Foreign Tour Agent’s Balmy View of Sri Lanka
Keith Austin ** A little more than three years ago, Sri Lanka was a basket case, and had been for more than a quarter of a century, as civil war ravaged the country. Sri Lankan-born novelist Michael Ondaatje, in his … Continue reading
