Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
From Galle on the south coast to Point Pedro at the northernmost tip on the Jaffna peninsula The route Above is my route that I’ve just highlighted in thick green ink showing the steps I’ve …
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Yesterday’s Lesson Lesson learnt from yesterday – set off as early as possible, and than even earlier, and be walking the trails by sunrise – we were out by 05.45 and heading by tuktuk for the start …
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We left our Kandy guest house for Hanthana, a remote tea picking area an hour’s drive from Kandy where we’re now staying for 3 nights. Uduwela is the local village about a 20 minute walk …
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Alarm set for 4am today so we could climb Sigiriya Rock in time for the 6.05 sunrise. I wrote a blog last year with a brief history of Sigiriya when doing this with Kiran so I …
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First non big walking day today, but we managed to saunter a few kilometres around Kantalle tank, stopping at a roadside food seller for the unique to this region buffalo curd (fresher, richer, thicker and tastier …
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Fundraising and trek update The best news today is that I’ve now completed my planned trek across Sri Lanka, achieved over three trips since Easter 2022. I’ve raised over £27,000 so far, with the support …
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We spent ages today trying to find the Puthukkdiyiruppa War Museum and when we eventually did we were told that only locals can go and that they need to obtain special permission to do so. …
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We learnt only this morning that the place we’ve been staying for the past three nights, Fox Resort Jaffna, was used as the headquarters for the (LTTE) Tamil Tigers’ Commander during the Sri Lankan Civil …
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Kayts, Leiden or Velanai depending on whether you’re British, Dutch or Tamil, is one of the islands off Jaffna’s mainland that you get to by driving or cycling over a 21km causeway, or in our …
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The 10th anniversary of the passing of Pearl Stephen The 31st July this year was the anniversary of the death of Pearl Stephen who was my inspiration for returning to Sri Lanka to volunteer following …
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Leaving Habarana We left our Habarana base where we’d stayed for 2 nights and headed for the strategically important Naval port of Trincomolee on the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. We both loved …
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Resting our feet Our village tour as a 3 minute movie Coconut sambol recipe This recipe was made for us almost everywhere we’ve been. It is amazing and so simple to make if you have …
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We were up before the cockerels woke us this morning and on the road by 5am. We made the steep climb to the top of Sigiriya Rock in time to see the sunrise at 6.05. …
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The tanks and reservoirs of the dry zone This section of our trek has been dominated by walking alongside two main tanks or what we might call reservoirs. Tanks in Sri Lanka were hand built …
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Today was all about visiting an indigenous community in Dambana, eastern central Sri Lanka. A highlight was a personal meeting with the Veddah Chief, Uruwarige Wanniyalaeto, which had been arranged for us as part of …
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An early tuk tuk trip today with Susantha to WDC where I dropped off the donation of children’s clothes, school stationery, spectacle frames and medicines. And then to Kirimatiya, the Tamil village in the hills …
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