Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Raising funds for vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka
Trekking in Sri Lanka is easy to fall in love with. I certainly have. The landscapes are beautiful, the people are extremely welcoming and the experiences we have can feel deeply personal, but there’s something …
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Trekking Sri Lanka’s Pekoe Trails, fundraising and volunteering
Trekking Sri Lanka: More Than a Travel Guide
FREE Easter read: a gift for explorers, curious minds and lovers of Sri Lanka . . . Click the link below for Chapter 4 – Climbing Butterfly Mountain from my book ‘Trekking Sri Lanka: More …
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WELL I’M back home, sprained ankle on the mend with the aid of rest and some physiotherapy. I didn’t complete walking all of the Pekoe Trail this time. I had to finish a couple of …
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Trekking the Pekoe Trail, Sri Lanka’s Central Highlands to raise £10,000 for grassroots projects
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Book launch for Trekking Sri Lanka: More than a Travel Guide – about a 1,000km trek across Sri Lanka in three stages with each chapter focussing on a different off-the-beaten-track unique experience
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I haven’t written a blog since mid-April, just after I returned from completing my trek across Sri Lanka. It’s been a busy time since then. Firstly, I’m thrilled to announce that I reached my £30,000 …
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From Galle on the south coast to Point Pedro at the northernmost tip on the Jaffna peninsula My route trekking across Sri Lanka Above is my route that I’ve just highlighted in thick green ink …
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Yesterday’s Lesson trekking the Pekoe Trail 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 …
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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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Women’s Development Centre (WDC) Women’s development censtaff were waiting for us when we arrived first thing in the morning to discuss the programmes they are working on and which we are supporting. Suzana and Gill …
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Warmest Welcome We received the warmest welcome today from Rev. Ragama and his community at Manahapa temple, Kuranagula where he, along with his community, began their Sinhalese and Tamil new year celebrations. We were presented …
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During breakfast this morning a very large Elephant sauntered past just a few meters away which created a bit of stir amongst the hotel guests. Gill managed to catch him on video. On our way from Habarana …
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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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