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That night we had to leave for the airport. I fell asleep just before that! I really hate that, I told myself I wouldnt sleep anymore before leaving but I couldnt help it. So then I had to wake up again while being soooooo tired. We went to the airport and had some coffee there and did some shopping. Just to kill time really. Finally it was time to board. We went on the plane and I fell asleep almost immediatley after. When I woke up an hour later I noticed we were not in the air! We were sti...

04 Dec 2007 Flight MJ201 Colombo-Bangkok   This is not my first flight with Mihin Lanka Airline. Mihin Lanka is a new Sri Lanka airline (nearly low cost?) It is a company own by the Government of Sri Lanka. Currently, I fly relatively short distance with home base in Colombo International Airport.   During the previous flight, they served some soft drink and sandwich, better than other low cost airline and currently it is the lowest cost for traveling between Colombo-Bangkok wh...

The tensed political situation in Sri Lanka is not very welcomming for tourist nor travellers.. We had to go. My husband had a 3 month contract and his firm had advised him that it's better that he comes without the spouse and they will not take any responsibility for my safety.  For some couples it's beneficial - they said. Maybe for some, but not for us. It's hard for us to be apart even few days and we don't enjoy life as much as we do together, it's simply not as much fu...

In April when the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (House of Pisces) to the Mesha Rashiya (House of Aries) in the celestial sphere, Sri Lankans  begin celebrating their New Year or Aluth Avurudhu (in Sinhala) This year it was on the 13th of April. Luckily after 9 years me and my two brothers were with my parents to celibrate this auspicious time. For the Sri Lankan new year begins at a time determined by astrological signs.Old year and the begining of the new year occur s...

  Many years of war has taken it's toll on this city. The central area ,the Fort, has been mostly deserted. Most off the buildings have bullit holes in them and many have been just left to decay. Many streets are blocked off with oil drums and armed police. As well as the army.   We hired a car and driver for 6 hours for about $25 from the Hilton hotel right in town. Best in the city. There is one old colonial hotel and they do not let you take pictures outside the windows. &nbs...

one day stopover on the way to thailand

An Adventure never to forget!

ANDREI - It's been a couple of years since the last trip here, but Colombo remains the same - a central district of rising office blocks, enclosed by district upon district of densely packed, low-rise shops and houses.  I have difficulty telling where the city ends and where the commuter areas begin - like the westernised/British Sri Lankan that I am, it all looks the same to me.  But I'm used to it! And I felt remarkably comfortable as we touched down, met up with my Uncle's d...

a combination of ancient civilizations ruines and temples,lush tropical forests,interesting modern society and eventually a week in an oceanic small atoll island with beautiful reef life

Three girls backpacking to China, South Korea, Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand. Main objectives; hike in the Himalayas, volunteer at an animal rescue centre in Delhi

... I remember that they told us in the beginning of the trip that they keep tourists out of Colombo because of the bomb attacks they had recently. But of course we had to go through Colombo - my hotel was north of it in Negombo near the airport. By the time we got to Colombo it was Rush Hour, so the driver took a little detour. I think now I have seen all of the city center - at least now I got the chance to see Colombo as well!...... if there wasn`t that...

Welcome to Sri Lanka. We were met at the airport by a lovely little Sri Lankan man by the name of Upali. It was about 1am but he was there with a big grin and took us to a town on the west coast to the north of Columbo called Negumbo for out first nights accomodation. The car ride to the hotel was only about 30mins, but we got a good taste of what was to come over the next ten days, Upali loves nature is a romantic at heart, what have we done? Only one night in Negumbo. Up early in the mor...

A friendly competition exists among the nine Sri Lankan sister-in-laws which make up a part of my large Sri Lankan family. Each one of them has invited me to their homes numerous times and each has cooked my favorite curries. The dinner tables are laden with bowls of rice, takali (tomato), pepinya (cucumber), alla baduma (fried potato), kukul mas (chicken), and my absolute favorite, brinjol (eggplant). The beginning of each meal starts out innocently enough, with me admiring and praising eac...

In a perfect world with no flight cancellations or delays, and where someone could hop from plane to plane within 15 minutes, how many countries can a person visit in the shortest possible time? Here's one possibility using July 2006 timetables.

Claire is a sorority sister from Kappa Kappa Gamma Zeta Xi chapter at Yale.  Since she was finishing work in India (and I was just in the neighborhood), we decided to meet up for culture in Sri Lanka and shenanigans in Thailand.  She is the type of friend you may not have seen or talked to for months or years and you can catch up so quickly.  Even though we're no longer in college, we don't only have college times to reminisce about...we can relate to each other in our p...