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- up close with jub-jub http://flic.kr/p/8wX9u9 #
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I’m back. Well I got back last week but given the fact that I now have a day job, I haven’t had time to upload anything. To put it briefly, Riverston is Awesome. The scenery, breathtaking, the locals are the nicest I’ve ever met. Except for those darn leaches, the place is paradise.
Ashan waits for the Matale to I’llukkumbura bus to get going. The bus only goes twice a day, so missing it would have meant spending the night in Matale.
Sunrise at Pathana. We spent the night in the ticket office at the entrance to Mini Worlds End in Pitawala.
Beyond the first mountain is Meemure. Our initial plan was to go there but we decided to stick around in Riverston instead.
The paddy fields and the Village in the valley. We met a policeman named Athula from that village who invited us to stay with him. We didn’t have time to take him up on the offer but next time were definitely paying him a visit.
The dying calf. It’s mother refused to feed it so Sanka decided to give it some of our milk. Unfortunately the calf was too weak to save and we found out that it had passed away a couple of hours later.
A Divimakuluwa or Tiger Spider.
The stream just outside our camp site. It got deeper after it rained.
Waiting out the rain. We feasted on bread, Seeni Sambol and Jam. Washed it all down with Sunquick mixed with an energy drink while the leaches waited patiently for us to step out of the tent.
Leach attack. Apparently I’m a delicacy for the leaches. Over ten leaches attached themselves to the same spot on my foot within one day.
The paddy fields in the villages, surrounded by the mountains.
Sanka munching on Jungle Ice cream. We expected to get lost in the jungle and starve during this trip. So we ended up gorging ourselves every chance we got in case we got lost. We never did. We even found someone selling ice cream during our hike.
The heart shaped cloud. Sanka, Asahan and I would like to thank all the pretty girls who were concerned for our well being during this treacherous trip. We hope to have your support next time as well. Yes Sanka’s got a pic just like this. We’ve got to stop taking the same pics.
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Checked the blog stats this morning and I seem to be getting allot of hits for Alliance Francaise. So I thought I’d upload this picture of the gallery and auditorium at Alliance Francaise Colombo. This was taken for the Leisure Times magazine for a feature on art galleries in Colombo. Think this should be fitting for this weeks post with all the talk about the Colombo Art Biennale.
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