Seetha getting washed in the river

Sri Lanka

Elephant Washing and Paper Made From Poo

September 4th 2017
The day started with dung. I thought it was a joke but for real, at 9am our guide, Kelum took us plus two other tourists on a walk to the 'Dung Factory'. Maybe it's me, or would be better marketed as the 'Elephant Paper Centre' or something green sounding, because it is all about the recycling after all. Elephants eat around 130kg of food each day and crap around 16 times. The dung is 90% plant fi ... read more

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more

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I started these blogs as a record for myself- something to read and comfort me when I'm old, cold and broke, wondering where all my money went... With time, my blogs have developed as it turned out other people were reading them! This has inspired me to improve my writing (well I try) and add more photos. I hope you enjoy reading my blogs and please do leave comments. The photos in the blog are taken on my phone, but when I return home, I always have lots of images from my DSLR, that I upload to Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wadeyc ... full info