“Young cashew nuts” by Vinayaraj – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons September it is then…

Today I went to see some children’s homes, inland (we had to get a ferry across the lagoon) in an…

statue from Polonnaruwa   One funny thing happens to me daily. I cycle everywhere. The women smile, wave and call…

I can only describe my mood at the moment as celebratory and excited. I ate (well shared with the crows)…

  I have finished the plan. The Secretariat are trying to get Oxfam to extend the deadline which they can’t…

This week-end I went to Sigiriya which is one of the 8 world heritage sites on the island, basically a…

  Friday was a bit torrid, but not a total surprise. Basically big wig provincial (next level up from district)…

Yesterday my VSO boss came to visit me for the first and last time. It was extraordinary in its disjointed…

This week-end, because it is a poya day on Monday I went to Anuradhapura which is a day’s journey from…

The journey to Nuwara Eliya directly inland was really interesting as I saw a swathe of Batticaloa I had not…

I bought this little ‘shrine?’ at the festival for about 50p.  There were lots of different pictures and I thought…

Two semi amazing things happened today. A ) I got my picture on the front page of a Sri Lanka…