Alfons Van Hoof
Wandering for 40 years through Europe strengthened my appetite for more. When a blissful occasion presented itself (marrying a partner from Sri Lanka), it didn't take long (about 4 years) to get moving east and make Sri Lanka my home. That was in 2000. I'm still here. With more free time than I ever had before, a reasonable budget, and a lifetime of exotic discoveries ahead. A must to share it with the world. Care to join me on my Asian wanderings?tembili
Travel Blog Posts
October 15th 2011
Belgians are found all over the world. I'm one of them. I moved to Sri Lanka in 2000. Not without giving it a second thought: since we married four years earlier, I had traveled many times between Belgium and Sri Lanka, and the lure of moving had been built up slowly. So, after my mother had departed for another world, it was my time to move on. To the exotic island of Serendib, cradle of all spices, home to endless tea plantations, elephants, rice&curry, tembili (the King under the Coconuts - also taembili or thambili), straw-covered fishing villages, huge Hindu and Buddhist temples, and a culture at least twice as old as that of the 'old' world. What was I going to do there? Frankly, I hadn't the faintest idea. Having been a teacher for nearly ... read more
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