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October 13th 2011

Published: October 15th 2011

Hello everyone! Welcome to another installment of my ramblings. This one won’t be an epic because as before, the pictures tell all the story and I fear I will simply be repeating myself. Sri Lanka continues to be a fantastic to visit, it continues to throw up the most colorful surprises and the people continue to be wonderful. So….After leaving Tringo. I headed inland for one of my treat... Read Full Entry

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Spot “o” Golf anyone?

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Ahhh the Hill Club. A forgotten relic from a colonial past. The good old days, when the British exploited half the planet.

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What a lovely and well sculpted Range Rover Sport, beautiful detail. The hedge isn’t bad either. Boom boom. See, the sort of person who frequents the Hill Club drives a Range Rover, it’s that sort of place.

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A young Prince Charles.

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An old Winston Churchill.

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Yes yes, Sir Robert Scott, jolly fine chap, yes yes Col Goodfellow a good egg, remember him well, MR GOONERATNE?!? Since when did we start letting the Natives in?? And can you imagine the horror when a woman, yes a WOMAN was elected a life member? Note the left plaque states “Gentlemen” elected life members, but the plaque on the right simply states “Life members”

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A wonderfully cool 20 degrees.

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Oxford and Cambridge Club News. Its that sort of place

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A gramophone. Delightful.

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Rules and regulations. Its that sort of place. Delightful.

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TO THE QUEEN! To be allowed in to the Hill Club I had to borrow suit jacket and a tie. As my dear friend Laura would say "standards John, we have standards"

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TO THE EMPIRE!

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Billiards. Delightful.

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These two chaps followed me around like security guards during my visit to the Hill Club and then they asked for a photo with me. Turns out they earn around $60 a month. My G&T cost $5.

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I was so moved by the plight of the tea picking women, I decided to give up my worldly possessions and join them.

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Not really, I booked myself in to a posh hotel instead.

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A fire place. A fire place. You cannot imagine what joy this brought to my heart.

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Tiles, just like so many houses back in England. I was in paradise. Familiarity

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A bar heater. How delightfully inefficient and dangerous!.

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Your eyes do not deceive you, tis indeed jelly and ice cream. How wonderfully…..English.

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Oooooh how delightful.

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