It's Friday 13th today, so what better way to celebrate this than to publish another "An expat in Sri Lanka: the Good, Bad and Ugly" post If you haven't read these yet, but are interested in reading them... you can click on these links: An expat in Sri Lanka: the Good, Bad and Ugly - Part 1 on what it's ...
Getting work done around the house - everything from plumbing, home maintenance, paint jobs to refits and renovations - can be a real nightmare in Sri Lanka (and, for that matter, probably elsewhere in the world too). I don't know what it is about this area of the manual labor workforce, but I've personally had my fill of headaches, dirty ...
You cannot say you've received the "full Lankan" experience as an expat unless you've had a run-in with Sri Lanka customs officials and a juicy story to share. Well, I have more than a couple of those, so it's a good time to start sharing. And while I'm doing that, I have some funny stories from friends to add to the mix too When I first ...
If you haven't been to the cinema in Sri Lanka, I really must encourage you to visit one of the local cinemas. You're missing out on a unique cultural experience. I say this, with a little smile on my face, because I'm reminded of this little nugget while on a recent trip to the movies.The cinema experience on the tiny ...
Minneriya National Park ("Minneriya") is one of my most favorite places in Sri Lanka, even though it is one of the smaller national parks on the island. I think I've mentioned this in one of my previous blog posts. I think it's because I've personally had such memorable visits and I consider it on my must-do list when taking friends ...
This post is dedicated to a special friend of mine who has a very unique relationship with mosquitoes. It's not love, nor is it aversion. It's more like an acknowledgement and agreement to live in relative harmony with these blood-sucking critters. Rather than obliterate these insects he finds weird and crazy ways of catching them live and evicting them from his home! It's genuinely funny to
This past weekend in Sri Lanka we celebrated Poson full moon poya . It is a significant day on the Sri Lankan Buddhist calendar as it commemorates the introduction of Buddhism to the island by Arahath Mahinda (son of Emperor Asoka of India) on the same day in 247 BC.According to the history books, Arahath Mahinda arrived in Mihintale, near ...
The World Heritage City of Sigiriya and its rock fortress is located between Dambulla and Habarana, past the town Kimbissa on the Inamaluwa-Sigiriya Road. Sigiriya was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Early accounts indicate places surrounding Sigiriya and nearby caves were inhabited by Buddhist monks around third century BC. Sigiriya is renowned as an ancient Sri Lankan
As 2013 is coming to a close (wow, only 13 days and counting!), there's an internal push within me to publish one more "Expat in Sri Lanka" blog post . We're up to part 6 and there'll probably be more on the cards in 2014. It's like there are many quirky experiences or encounters by living in a place like Sri Lanka - just thinking of some of my ...
It's been three weeks since I last posted on my blog. If I had been on adventures feeling the wind in my hair and joy soaring within my heart, it would be a wonderful excuse for having not pounded fingers to keyboard for this length of time. However, I'm going to be real with you and share some truths that have hit right to the very heart. If you're not up for being real ... consider yourself
I was due back home for Christmas this year, but due to travel scheduling I visited home in advance of the festive season. There was also tentative plans to try to catch the Ashes Boxing Day Test at the MCG, but I'm kind of glad these plans did not work out, what with the poor performance by England (and solid performance by Australia) in Brisbane, Adelaide and now Perth. And this is quite a
Expat Sri Lankans are a quirky bunch - I say this in the kindest possible way. I have the pleasure of knowing quite a few from living and working alongside them in different cities abroad; meeting them through friends and colleagues on my travels and exchanging funny stories; and coming into contact via social media.The other day I was trying ...
“It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves” ~ Edmund Hillary The past few Travel Monday posts have been focused on places and events which are mostly known, specific and relatively easy to navigate to. I thought I'd take a walk on the wild side with week's travel post, and take you "off the beaten track". If you haven't figured ...
Hello World. It's Eva here, checking in from Colombo, Sri Lanka after a longer blog hiatus than what I had originally planned. It's been a very challenging time on the island and that's putting it very, very mildly. As you will have heard, Sri Lanka was targeted in the worst possible way on 21 April 2019 with coordinated mass bomb ...
"You are what you eat"Have you heard this saying before? Mmmm... Well, I really don't know about that! My diet is so varied and given I now reside in Sri Lanka I wonder what it really says about me. That said, I never used to worry about my calorie intake nor about what I ate, but as time has passed ...
I've spent a significant portion of my life travelling... When I think back to my childhood, I took my first plane trip as a mere baby and my love of travel has literally blossomed from there!I'm currently traveling and didn't get a chance to bring my library of Sri Lanka photos with me, so I've decided to blog about some ...
It seems to have been well over a month since I last posted on my blog, and I'm probably overdue for another installment of my Expat in Sri Lanka blog post. I've been a tad busy over this past little while logging a lot of miles between Colombo and Kandy. It would appear I'm getting more used to it, and it adds another dimension ...
Sri Lanka has many amazing ancient rock temples. The Avukana ancient rock temple is one of them. I visited a few years ago and was stunned speechless by the amazing rock carved Buddha statue.This ancient rock temple is believed to have been constructed in the 5th century by King Dhutasena of Anuradhapura (he is also known by the name Dasenkeli), ...
Greetings dear blog readers! From time-to-time I make note of things of interest or helpful tips. As you can imagine, these little tidbits do tend to accumulate over time. But, they don't necessarily "fill" an entire blog post on their own. So, I thought I'd combine them into one blog post and ramble all over the page about a bit ...
Wishing all my blog friends and readers... Scenes from Mount Lavinia Beach, New Years Day 2014 **~ HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ~** Hope the coming year brings everyone an abundance of love, luck, prosperity and plenty of awesome adventures... Scenes from Mount Lavinia Beach, New Years Day 2014 Best wishes
