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Here we go

This being more or less a diary of our wanderings, working back from most recent to most distant. Hence, below, the finale to our recent travels in Sri Lanka.

For owt else, try AWAY, above.  As in up up and. 

Secret Island Buddha, Aluthgama, Sri Lanka
Keep the smiling
Off to Secret Island this morning – the island that’s on all the maps, and isn’t actually an island. Quibble quibble quibble. Nice man offered to ferry us over, and...
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Our balcony, Secret Island, Sri Lanka
Ssssh - it's Secret Island
Said goodbye to Umatuma this morning, after a lovely few days, heading north for…a beach! Oh yes. There’s a lot of ’em round here. But this one offers access to Secret...
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Japanese Peace Pagoda, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka
Unawatuna!
Unawatuna is just the name of the local beach – one of the most famous in Sri Lanka – but I can’t help pronouncing it like some cod character in an old episode of...
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Me slaving over a hot afternoon, Sri Lanka
Turtley chilled
Another beach day, oh yes. With one distinction – it was at Turtle Point. Where – jammily, as we later came to appreciate – we arrived just in time to find a group...
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George V post box, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka
A visit to ancient Galle
Had dinner at our hotel last night and found ourselves sitting next to a very nice couple; her from Holland, him from Lebanon. He was kind enough to give us the number of the guy they’d...
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Vote for me! Me! Me! Sri Lanka
14,623 steps - and every one a sweat
Not much time for photography today – we were on the move.  After a few minutes on the side of the road, along came the 322 we were waiting for – packed to the rafters....
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