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Sri Lanka – Things to do in Weligama – surf, sun and ice cream vans

We collected our bags at the Jungle beach Hostel in Unawatuna and went down with the scooters to the bus station. Weligama is only a 45 min bus ride away from Unawatuna but unfortunately we found out that it is much easier to catch a bus from a big bus station, then standing with 5 Read More

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Sri Lanka – Things to do in Hikkaduwa & Unawatuna

I read about Hikkaduwa and it sounded like a great holiday destination, unfortunately I was not really impressed by the place. The streets and beaches are dirty and the water is dark blue with a hint of brown. If you would put a filter on your images and cut the rubbish out, it could look Read More

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Sri Lanka – Things to do in Colombo & the trainride to Hikkaduwa

Local buses are the easiest and cheapest way to travel in Sri Lanka. Not always the most comfortable but it is the way you can connect with locals and save a bit of money. At around 9am we jumped into the bus in Negombo (directly in front of our hostel) and drove around 1 1/2h Read More

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Sri Lanka – Things to do in Katunayake & Negombo

Sri LankaSri Lanka is an amazing place to be, it has a wide range of wildlife and very beautiful landscapes. But less did I know about this place beforehand and I would have probably never chosen to go there as my first destination, if it wasn’t for the convenience of catching up with a good Read More

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Before traveling, prep and countdown

The weeks before the Adventure: I spent the last few weeks with all kinds of preparation’s but it does not feel that I’m getting anywhere, it all gets a bit closer and feels more real but preparing to be away for a year or more is kind of unreal till the day you go. The Read More