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Thailand : Khao Lak, Similan Islands, Bangkok and others

Thailand

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Khao Lak, Similan Islands, Bangkok and others

Updated: May 16, 2009 2:45am PST

Sri Lanka 08 : 2 week trip to Sri Lanka in December 2008. Spent Christmas at Cinnamon Lodge, a forest resort in the national park area of Habarana, with my cousin Alastair, his wife Diane, and their kids for a few days over xmas, with Santa arriving on an elephant! Had a great day trip up to the ancient rock temple of Sigiriya. Plenty of monkeys.
Then my friend Ken joined us. We did a day trip to the huge, architecturally impressive Geoffrey Bawa-designed Kandalama hotel for lunch, and then to the rock temple in Dambulla. Then Ken & I headed out to the east coast to Batticaloa, through a national park where we saw a herd of wild elephants drinking at a waterhole, then through a heavily militarized zone that was until recently the frontline with the Tamil Tigers with checkpoints every 500 metres or so. The soldiers were incredibly friendly and inquisitive and pretty surprised to see us. Then down the east coast through some very poor war-and-tsunami-ravaged towns with some of the most friendly people I've ever met, to the surf town of Arugam Bay which was beautiful but the off-season for surfing so was virtually a ghost town but a good experience to see it with just the local life.
Then went through another national park and more elephants, a couple of ancient ruins, up to Haputale in the central highlands for hiking. Had amazing weather and great views over the plains.
Next day went down to the south coast to Tangalle where we stayed in a yoga place for 3 days and met some great people. Took it really easy there, and did a couple of trips into Tangalle town to look around, and spent the afternoons at the beach, bodysurfing. Then along to the neach town of Unawatuna and Galle for a couple of days over New Years eve. Did a walk to the stupa on the headland on New Year day. Then to Hikkaduwa for some surfing, good waves, then finally back to Colombo where a bomb went off while we were there, while I was getting a shave at a barbers, but luckily it didn't affect us.

Sri Lanka 08

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2 week trip to Sri Lanka in December 2008. Spent Christmas at Cinnamon ...

Updated: May 15, 2009 10:36pm PST

Sakhalin Island : Sakhalin Island Russian far east

Sakhalin Island

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Sakhalin Island Russian far east

Updated: May 15, 2009 11:05am PST

Tsim Sha Tsui尖沙嘴 : 不定時更新

Tsim Sha Tsui尖沙嘴

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不定時更新

Updated: May 15, 2009 5:55am PST

Summer 2008 : Croatian Coast

Summer 2008

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Croatian Coast

Updated: May 14, 2009 12:56pm PST

Nova Scotia :

Nova Scotia

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Updated: May 14, 2009 11:33am PST

Petra : Petra - Red Rose city

Petra

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Petra - Red Rose city

Updated: May 14, 2009 10:26am PST

Angkor Wat : Royalty Free High Resolution Stock Photos Online - Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat

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Royalty Free High Resolution Stock Photos Online - Angkor Wat, Cambodi ...

Updated: May 14, 2009 8:46am PST

Uruguay :

Uruguay

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Updated: May 12, 2009 6:03pm PST

Mediterranean Turkey : From Antalya to Fethiye

Mediterranean Turkey

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From Antalya to Fethiye

Updated: May 12, 2009 3:58am PST