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Prick Prick Boom

Prick Prick Boom

June 5, 2020
by Mike
Features

I was 12 or 13 years old when I had my left arm intentionally broken by racist, highly privileged white kids at the school I…

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Polgahawela Junction

Polgahawela Junction

April 8, 2019
by Taynissa Vakeeswaran
Yarns

“Excuse me! Sir! What station is this?” the traveller yelled from the half-open carriage window. “Jaffna!” the stationmaster yelled back in a thick accent. “If…

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Why I Only Lasted Five Days in Sri Lanka

Why I Only Lasted Five Days in Sri Lanka

March 28, 2019
by Monica Wasch
Yarns

“You are a woman. And you are from…” the first man said. “Norway,” I said to correct what I assumed to be his assumption of…

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Confronting Unwanted Sexual Attention in Sri Lanka

Confronting Unwanted Sexual Attention in Sri Lanka

May 22, 2017
by Lizzy Keen
Features

In 2011, pop-singer Rihanna released a video clip for her single ‘Man Down’, in which she plays a regretful fugitive after shooting down her rapist…

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Midigama: Lazy Left Surf Accommodation

Midigama: Lazy Left Surf Accommodation

May 26, 2016
by Gemma Clarke
Midigama Do

Get There: On the beach side of Matara Rd between Ram’s Right and the Lazy Left surf break Cost: Negotiable, as is most everywhere in…

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Kandy: Helga's Folly

Kandy: Helga’s Folly

May 26, 2016
by Gemma Clarke
Kandy Do

Get There: 32, Frederick E. de Silva Mawatha Cost: If you must stay, artists and writers pay $50USD/night for a minimum week’s lodging Imagine if…

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Holy Ship

Holy Ship

December 15, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Sri Lanka Yarns, Yarns

Though largely illiterate, Joshua Albert’s praise for Logos Hope made me tremble with excitement. “Without you all.. for 8 r 10 years, is like living…

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Arugam Bay: Reel in the Day's Catch

Arugam Bay: Reel in the Day’s Catch

October 26, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Arugam Bay Do

If you’re hefty, strong and in the right place at the right time (or the wrong place at the wrong time – however you view it),…

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Arugam Bay: Thithanis Roti Hot

Arugam Bay: Thithanis Roti Hot

October 26, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Arugam Bay Do

Get There: Beach Road in front of Baby Surf Point (directly left of Samanthi’s Restaurant at Freedom Beach Cabanas). In a country devoid of real milk,…

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Arugam Bay: Peanut Farm Beach

Arugam Bay: Peanut Farm Beach

October 26, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Arugam Bay Do

Get There: About 6km south of Arugam Bay. Turn left onto the mud flat between the second and third army base entrance, and you will find…

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Arugam Bay: Let Off Fireworks

Arugam Bay: Let Off Fireworks

October 26, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Arugam Bay Do

When you hail from a police state, there is no greater novelty when travelling to be able to buy and let off fireworks. On a…

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Arugam Bay: Accommodation

Arugam Bay: Accommodation

October 26, 2015
by Gemma Clarke
Arugam Bay Do

Arugam Bay is scattered with tonnes of shacks, concrete shoeboxes and even day beds covered with mosquito nets that you can rent to sleep on…

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