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Adam’s Peak
Fitness is something I have come to late in my life. It’s not because I’m lazy, it’s because up until now I haven’t found anything I particularly enjoyed doing to keep up the momentum of regular practise. For the last 18-months I have been practising Bikram yoga four times a week. I am dedicated and […]
Bluff Charged By An Elephant
May 16, 2014
There aren’t many times in my life when I can say that my heart rate has speeded up from an equal dose of fear and excitement. But my jeep safari to Kaudulla National Park provided just that. The incident in question happened at the end of the day. The rain had come down hard in […]
Whale Watching – Day 4
May 7, 2014
Even though I present an early morning breakfast show every weekend when that alarm goes off at O’F@ck-o-clock it never gets any easier. But today when the alarm sounded at 0450 I leapt out of bed excited by the prospect that I might see some whales. The walk down to the boat was beautiful. The […]
The Cultural Triangle – Anuradhapura – Day 2
May 7, 2014
Anuradhapura is one of three points of an imaginary triangle that lies in three Sinhalese capitals and where I stayed over night. The other places are Kandy in the south and Polonnaruwa in the east. The sun broke through the curtains of my room early and I awoke to sit in the garden of my […]
Sri Lanka
May 4, 2014
I’m back in Asia. This time in Sri Lanka. The Brits were first chased away during the independence of 1948 but have since return in throngs every year to soak up the heritage, beaches, national parks, tea plantations and to explore the ancient ruins and giant Buddhas sprawled around the island. The country is not […]
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whogivesamonkeys 
May 17, 2014
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