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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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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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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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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Trekking Not an early enough start today so it got far too hot far too quickly and we only managed to trek 9km. It’s been so hot and it becomes unbearable when we start melting …
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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 …
Continue readingArrived in Jaffna surviving the 400 km/8 hour car journey from Colombo which was almost as long as the flight from London. Of course we had to stop for our coconut drink and breathe in …
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Projects Update Since my last last blog 6 weeks’ ago Kate Gale has been to Sri Lanka, volunteered in a village school in Kurunegala doing amazing stuff helping to make a difference to the Manapaha …
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