April 29, 2005
Kandy: Upon Leaving Sri Lanka
On April 28 I arrived back in Kandy, crashed out, and had the next day to just chill out. I didn’t do a whole lot that day (then stop writing, Conor!!). But still, I was in Kandy, and any...Read this update
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April 28, 2005
Photos: Ella
Again with the photos - this time of the train ride up to Ella, and Ella itself. And a good opportunity to make a public service announcement! Which is this: I know that I've been lately writing like I'm getting...Read this update
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Ella: Watch The Gap
There are essentially two reasons why I ended up spending so much time in the tiny hamlet of Ella, and in a few seconds I shall relate them to you. But first, a few words about Ella. If there was...Read this update
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April 26, 2005
Photos: Elephant Orphanage and Sigiriya
Restraint, people – that’s my middle name. Or it would be, if my grandfather’s name was Restraint Grennan. It wasn’t. So I’m not talking in literal terms here. It’s an expression, like if somebody asked you if you like chicken,...Read this update
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Photos: Kandy
We are blessed people, you and I. The other day I found a great spot where I could take my time and upload a bunch of photos all at once. It saved me time and energy, and I thank the...Read this update
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April 24, 2005
Ella: Train Gang
The morning of April 24, I found myself in the Kandy train station, specifically in the Parcel Room. I had arrived an hour earlier, at 7 a.m., to see if I could get a train that day up to the...Read this update
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April 23, 2005
Kandy: Full Moon Redux
By April 23, I had completely given up the idea of biking higher into the mountains under my own steam. The ride to Nuwara Eliya (Nu-REL-iya) would be a vertical climb of 1400 meters (almost a mile straight up) over...Read this update
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April 22, 2005
Kandy: Zen and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance
On April 22, I decided to stay in Kandy to see something a little closer to home, though no less fascinating: the famous Temple of the Tooth, the most scared temple in Sri Lanka for Buddhists. As the name suggests,...Read this update
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April 21, 2005
Sigiriya: The Rock
My original intention on the Sri Lanka phase of this round-the-world trip was to cycle up to see the ancient cities up in north-central Sri Lanka. And that’s what I would have done, if I didn’t have the knees of...Read this update
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April 20, 2005
Pinnewala: The Elephant Orphanage
I arrived in Kandy, the laid-back capital of the Sri Lanka hill country, early afternoon of April 19. While I had no preconceived notions coming into Sri Lanka, I had, in the back of my mind, thought of it as...Read this update
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April 19, 2005
Kandy:Overdone
I have four brothers and sisters - from oldest to youngest they are Dave, Pete, Kate (then Conor), and Kira. I love them dearly, of course, but it is no minor source of frustration that each and every one of...Read this update
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April 18, 2005
Kurunegala: Dinner for Eight
I think one of the reasons I like the Sri Lankan people so much is that they remind me of my very favorite people: the Irish. I am perhaps biased, being the son of a Dubliner, but in my experience...Read this update
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Kalugamuwa: Solo Launch
Did everybody except Conor know that it is the fucking rainy season in Sri Lanka right now? What, you just forgot to mention it? Slipped your mind, did it? Too busy worrying about stuff like “going to work” and “calling...Read this update
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April 17, 2005
Negombo: Vice City
April 17th, 2005, was my first full day in Sri Lanka; I awoke that morning in the beachside town of Negombo. I was well-rested, having slept like a drunken frat boy - face down, head buried in my drool-infused pillow,...Read this update
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Negombo: The Colombo Juke
On my way to the airport in Bangkok, bike in tow, I made a decision. I had been off my bicycle for so long, since early March, by my reckoning, that I decided I would take no public transportation at...Read this update
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April 16, 2005
Katunayake: Upon Entering Sri Lanka
You ever see the movie “Tears of the Sun”, the Bruce Willis vehicle where he saves people in Africa or something? Yeah, me neither, but I didn’t need to – I saw the trailer, and thus I saw the movie....Read this update
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