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17. 02. '09

Antarctica On The Horizon

Dondra. The southermost point of Sri Lanka. Village and the lighthouse. No tourists, no souvenir shops, just inconspicuous sign pointing to the lighthouse. The geographical extremity unmentioned. More

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13. 02. '09

Mackwood's Tea Factory

If British had their way there would be no Ceylon tea. There would be Ceylon coffee. But hemileia vastratrix virus saw it different way and killed all coffee plants. James Taylor the tried growing tea and when he was joined by the others – including Thomas Lipton – tea became a hit. More

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12. 02. '09

Corrupted Taxi Drivers And Evil Government

„Do you know how much is the ticker?“ every rikshaw driver at Pollonaruwa was asking me. „Yep. Twenty five dollars.“ – „It is very expensive, yes?“ – „Yeah, it is.“ – „But here we have different ways. I can take you inside, show everything. Only for twenty, with rickshaw,“ they were offering. More

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07. 02. '09

Climbing Adam's Peak After Midnight

There is a footprint in a stone at the fifth highest mountain of Sri Lanka – Adam's Peak. Buddhists believe it was left here by Buddha. Muslims claim that Adam is responsible as this is supposed to be the first place where he set his feet on Earth after the eviction from Paradise. Hinduists maintain it's Shiva's. And Portugese tried to ascribe the footprint to St. Thomas… More

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04. 02. '09

Tanks Park At The Seafront

Colombo. Green. Clean. Coming from India unbelievably clean. Army on every corner, more machine guns than in streets of Quetta. Fort (former city centre) feels like a war zone. Weeded with razor wire, road blocks. Checkpoints. More

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