As a young tennis champ, Baden-Powell started the trend of tors, hills and ridges being named after the flannelled fools with racquets. Possibly. Henman, at Wimbledon, was nothing without the great scoutmaster!
GALLE ROAD RAGE December 24th 2006 The title of my latest entry refers to the coastal thoroughfare stretching from north of Colombo all the way down to the Dutch fort town of Galle, a run of nearly half the island down the western side of southern Sri Lanka. It also makes mention of what should be an hourly and most noteworthy occurrence on the streets here, given the apparently lunatic tendencies of those behind the wheel of each ... read more
Asia » Sri Lanka » Central Province » Kandy 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
Wishing to steer clear of the UK winter, my trip to Sri Lanka has become a regular venture and I return for a two-month stay in December 2006. While coaching cricket in Sri Lankan schools is a major highlight for me, my curiosity also leads me to seek out the path to Enlightenment in this wondrous isle....it took the great Buddha many years to work it all out for himself 2500 years ago, but I'll see what I can find in a few weeks here...
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