“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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Get There: SVH – YMCA, Siam View Hotel, Ampara 32500 It’s expensive as all hell as far as food in Arugam Bay goes (think 800…
