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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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An allotment! How simply delightful

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A Greenhouse! How simply, simply delightful.

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A family picnic in the park. How English! Apart from the riot of colour. How Sri Lankan!

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The train to Ella

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Oh I see now. Because your bus has the word “Allah” on it, it gives you the right to drive like a maniac on wet roads with bald tyres, overtaking on blind corners and endangering not only everyone on board, but also everyone else who shares the road.

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Lovely hills.

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Taking Tea has unsurprisingly become quite a habit for me.

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I like the fact that people here are trusted to walk on live rail lines. Its called personal responsibility.

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Until you have to run off a bridge to avoid a massive and very fast train.

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Taking Carlsberg Special Brew has also become a habit. The stuff is vile but the Sri Lankans seem to like it. I didn’t know this but Special Brew was created for a state visit of Winston Churchill to Denmark in 1950. I like the thought process. “An Englishman is coming, lets create a very strong and unpalatable beer”.

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