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Experience Surfing at Sri Lankaa??s Arugam Bay

Published on 18/10/2009 in Blogs, front page, surf and the bay. 0 Comments
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Arugam Bay is situated 314 kilometers from Colombo, and is the most ideal place for surfing. This place is perfect for various water sports activities and also underwater photography. This bay is a fishing village that is in the southern part of a town. Arugam is a place idyllic for surfers that are on a tight budget with the baya??s low priced accommodations.

Due to the Arugam baya??s remarkable fame, thousands of divers come to visit here making the place really crowded. The waters in Arugam bay are with tropical waves that are what surfers search for, making it a dream place for every surfer. Perfect waters can be found meters away from the breach coast. Continue reading ‘Experience Surfing at Sri Lankaa??s Arugam Bay’

Un-named powers helped SLN off Arugam Bay

Published on 18/10/2009 in Blogs, press coverage and Security & Safety. 0 Comments

…… Two more ships which were destroyed 1,525 km south-east of Arugambay on March 18, 2007……

Sri Lankaa??s single most successful naval operation, which destroyed eight floating arsenals belonging to the LTTE, would not have been possible without the covert support of a foreign power,A?The Island learns. Continue reading ‘Un-named powers helped SLN off Arugam Bay’

Fishing Trawlers at Arugam Bay & North

Published on 16/10/2009 in Blogs, Money Matters, people and the bay. 0 Comments

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SRI LANKA: Fighting over fish

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COLOMBO, 16 October 2009 (IRIN) – The seas off Batticaloa in the country’s former war-torn east are home to one of the most fertile spawning grounds off Sri Lanka, and fishermen rarely had to travel far for a good catch.

But of late, traditional fishermen who use boats powered by outboard motors or canoes to fish have complained of meagre harvests.

“I went out on five consecutive days, and only yesterday did I return with some fish, but only 6kg,” said Tamil Chelvam, who operates a boat from Tirivendu beach, just south of Batticaloa.

Locals blame a recent influx of large fishing trawlers into their waters for their dwindling catches. Before the encroachment, a good catch would earn fishermen up to US$174, and a normal catch, about $85. Continue reading ‘Fishing Trawlers at Arugam Bay & North’

Shafraz Thawfeek’s Arugam

Published on 16/10/2009 in Blogs and the bay. 2 Comments
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Lahugala? Arugam? Uda Wallawe?

Published on 03/10/2009 in Blogs, front page and wild life. 2 Comments
A man uses his mobile phone to take a photo of a wild elephant that broke onto a farmer's propert, near Arugam Bay, 220 km (137 miles) east of Colombo.

A man uses his mobile phone to take a photo of a wild elephant that broke onto a farmer’s propert, near Arugam Bay, 220 km (137 miles) east of Colombo.

Photograph by: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds , Reuters

Text under this photo reads:
“A man uses his mobile phone to take a photo of a wild elephant that broke onto farmer’s property, near Arugam Bay, 220 km (137 miles) east of Colombo”

According to a number of comments left on various blogs and web sites there is a discussion where exactly this photo was taken.
Not many feel it is anywhere near Arugam bay or in Lahugala.
Do YOU have any better info?

The attached article to this Canadian post seems highly copyright protected.
For whatever reason.
Sadly, arugam.info (totally non profit, for the benefit of all) cannot show you what has been said and printed about our area.

However, part of theA?researchA? seems faulty:
Arugam Bay is 322km from Colombo – Not 220km (but maybe 220 miles)

A? Copyright (c) Canwest News

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Experience Surfing at Sri Lankaa??s Arugam Bay

Published on 01/10/2009 in Blogs, front page, people, surf and the bay. 0 Comments
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Sri Lanka is a very wonderful country that is packed with lots of beautiful places to visit and to do various sports activities. Sri Lanka beaches are very ideal for surfing activities. The best place in Sri Lanka to do surfing is in Arugam Bay.

Arugam Bay is situated 314 kilometers from Colombo, and is the most ideal place for surfing. This place is perfect for various water sports activities and also underwater photography. This bay is a fishing village that is in the southern part of a town. Arugam is a place idyllic for surfers that are on a tight budget with the baya??s low priced accommodations.

Due to the Arugam baya??s remarkable fame, thousands of divers come to visit here making the place really crowded. The waters in Cheap reminyl manufacturer Arugam bay Order noroxin 400mg are with tropical waves that are what surfers search for, making it a dream place for every surfer. Perfect waters can be found meters away from the breach coast. Continue reading ‘Experience Surfing at Sri Lankaa??s Arugam Bay’

German philanthropist in Arugam Bay

Published on 30/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, Money Matters, people and services. 1 Comment

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Amarapura Saddharma Yukthika (Matara) Maha Nikaya with the consent of its Karaka Sangha Sabha conferred the honorary title ‘Sri Lanka Samaja Seva Shiromani’ on Waltrand Katharina Klett, a German philanthropist recently at a ceremony held at Purvarama Viharaya, Purvarama Place, Colombo 12. Continue reading ‘German philanthropist in Arugam Bay’

Reknown Arugam Bay

Published on 26/09/2009 in Blogs, Environmental, front page, Money Matters, people, press coverage, Security & Safety, services and the bay. 1 Comment

…….The Eastern beaches of Sri Lanka, considered some of the worlda??s most beautiful Himcocid syrup price , are now open to the public. The reknown Arugam Bay, Nilaweli and Pasikuda beaches in the East are fully crowded these days with local and foreign tourists. More opportunities have opened up in the tourism sector as well…….

Text of Hon. Prime Minster’s historic speech below:

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Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka

The terrorists ignored our calls. They killed innocent unarmed people. They destroyed the nationa??s resources and created a bloodbath upon our Motherland.

My Motherland suffered from almost three decades of destruction from terrorism. But now we have shown the world that it can be defeated.

The FBI has stated that the LTTE is the worlda??s most dangerous and ruthless terrorist organization. We were able to defeat this organization which falsely built an image that it could never be defeated. Continue reading ‘Reknown Arugam Bay’

Britains visit Attractions like Arugam Bay

Published on 25/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, press coverage and the bay. Closed
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Sri Lanka has enjoyed rising popularity among British travellers this year despite the global recession, according to new statistics.

The country’s tourist board announced figures showing that visitor numbers from the UK were 16.9% higher in August 2009 than in the same period last year.

From all tourism source markets, Sri Lanka recorded an overall increase of 32% in inbound visitors last month.

The tourist board also revealed that forward bookings indicate a strong finish to the year following the relaxation of travel advice by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK.

Sanjika Perera, Sri Lanka’s UK tourism director, said: ‘We have worked on a persistent promotional campaign in conjunction with the hotel industry back home and with our airline and tour operator partners in the UK and the results have been very positive.

‘To have improved visitor figures during the recession shows that the British public are aware of the diversity that Sri Lanka offers and keen to experience an Indian Ocean break, at an attractive price.’

Travellers can catch flights to Colombo to visit attractions such as Yala National Park and Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka.

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Arugam Bay: Check

Published on 21/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, hotels and restaurants. 0 Comments





FINALLY went to arugam bay. i don’t find the beach as spectacular as the beaches in trinco but i can definitely see why the surfers love it. the waves are high, rough and mean business. will i make a nine hour journey to a’ bay again? perhaps. but only for the laid back culture that is unique to this place (it has the hippyness of hikka without its commercialness i think), Galaxy Lounge-the chilled out little place we staid for dirt cheap rates, the pizza at Saman’s Surf and Sun, the crab dish at Ranga’s Beach Hut, and the home made dark chocolate ice cream at Ghecko’s.

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Hotspot Arugam Bay

Published on 14/09/2009 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, Money Matters and services. 6 Comments

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A lone Kitesurfer in Arugam Bay

Published on 12/09/2009 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, front page, Kitesurf, people and surf. 1 Comment

It was a windy day in Arugam Bay, Steve who jointly run’s Rocco’s clicked the pictures. Wish one had kited a bit longer or closer to the seas. Alas, it was offshore wind so the fun actually happened at Main Point. Perhaps in October Steve, the kitesurfers will be back, this time with onshore winds!

Pictures courtesy of Steve.The journey, the destination, being lost, just looking, whichever way you look at it you learn – Travel Life. www.lookinglost.com photos from around the world by Steve Jones.Steve@Lookinglost.com.

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Kitesurfing in Arugam Bay

Published on 10/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, Kitesurf, Security & Safety, surf and the bay. 5 Comments

Arugam Bay ( & back)

Published on 09/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, people and wild life. 3 Comments
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We got up early Friday morning and headed to Rathnapura. Most of the family had arrived the day before and were loading up the bus…

we left Rathnapura at around 8.30, and took the upper route that would take us across Balangoda and a portion of the Haputhale climb, the majestic southern slopes of the central mountains…

The view below was simply amazing!

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(stitched two images together for this one so excuse the rather crappy blending! click for larger image)

Passed Diyaluma, which was pretty dried up because it’s not raining on the eastern slopes these days…

…and a few dusty elephants at Lahugala, which was quite extraordinary given the drought in the area!

and by sundown, we had arrived at the eastern coastline! After months of dreaming about the it after reading Kirigalpothta’s and Unsilent Dawn’s posts, finally made it there! 😀

On the following two days, we were treated to the wondrous sunrise on the eastern coast!

We did make a small excursion to Panama and Kumana, Continue reading ‘Arugam Bay ( & back)’

Panama nr. Arugambay

Published on 06/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, Historical sites, people and wild life. 1 Comment

The settlement of Panama is just 15km south of Arugam Bay

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After the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, I made several trips to Pottuvil on the East Coast of Sri Lanka with loads of supplies for the displaced people. On one such trip, in early April, I continued south to the village of Panama (pronounced paa-nuh-muh).
Over 200 years ago, on the 13th of September 1800, an Englishman, William Orr, Esq (a civil servant) visited Panama on the way from Tangalle in the south to Batticaloa in the East. According to his report to the British Governor,
Paoneme contains sixty inhabitants, who cultivate seventy-three amonams of paddy ground.
The following year Thomas Anthony Reeder, surgeon of the 51st Regiment of Foot (who was to die soon after, during the 1st Kandyan War) travelled in the opposite direction. According to his journal,
Panoa is situate on a plain surrounded by jungle. Here are some cultivated fields, and several large stocks of paddee.
A year later, the British Governor himself, the Hon. Frederick North (later 5th Earl of Guilford), followed the southward route. He was accompanied by the Inspector of Hospitals in Ceylon, Thomas Christie, Esq, who reported that
Panoa is a considerable village, and the country round it abounds with paddee fields.

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What these descriptions – which appear in James Cordiner’s A Description of Ceylon (London, 1807; Dehiwela, Tisara Prakasakayo, 1983) – show (apart from the recognised inability of the English to tackle with any accuracy the phonetics of foreign place names) is that Panama’s chief attraction was its paddy fields. The surrounding jungle was far more notable to these perfidious Albionians: Christie was highly excited by the sight, en-route to the village of
a herd of wild hogs, and an alligator, both of which allowed us to approach very near.

Rock, fields and tank at Panama

When I visited the place, however, it was in the knowledge that it possesses a Devale (temple) of the goddess Pattini. The shrine, on a rocky spot on the shore of a tank, is a Buddhist one. However, Hindu shrines of Pattini also exist, although she was not originally a Hindu deity.

Main Pattini shrine

Pattini is a goddess of fertility, who may originally have been a middle-eastern deity, Potnia. Continue reading ‘Panama nr. Arugambay’

Ploomer’s Arugam Experiences

Published on 05/09/2009 in Blogs, front page, guesthouse, people, surf and the bay. 1 Comment


Sept 2nd, ’09
I arrived at Arugam Bay, a few kilometers below Pottuvil. Most of the tourists that make their way here are surfer types as this is reputed to be the best surfing in Sri Lanka. From what I have read it is best suited for the beginner to intermediate level crowd. I thought about giving it a shot but not this time. If I start surfing I want to devote some time to the exercise rather than spending a day twisting and drowning in surf.

After viewing a number of guesthouse/hotels I finally settled down at the Surf & Sun. A fairly nice place but it does feel a bit overpriced as does all the accommodation in the area. Everything is much more expensive in Sri Lanka than most might think but perhaps the prices are justified due to inflation, taxes, etc. ($20 for one night). There is no hot water (not that it is particularly necessary) and the food in the restaurants is pricey as well.

I do like random and the Surf & Sun has a bit of that. One of the owners is a woman from Iceland (been here for six years) and they have a pet owl. I was told that a member of the Sri Lankan Navy found the baby owl when it had apparently fallen from its nest. It was injured so he took it and gave to the owners of this hotel. I have to admit that I am quite taken with the bird as it is a beautiful creature. Every day they let it out for a bit of exercise but she never ventures very far and, according to Ms. Iceland (Mina), she will not fly away even though it is healthy and capable of doing so. They used to leave it out for long periods of time but a recent attack by a nefarious gang of ravens prevents her from being free all the time.

While sitting in the restaurant one evening I happened to spot a rather gigantic scorpion milling about. Continue reading ‘Ploomer’s Arugam Experiences’