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2010 Surf Champion Julian remembers Arugam Bay

Published on 13/11/2010 in Arugam Surf Club, Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, people, press coverage, surf, Surf competition, Surf Federation News, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

THE RETURN OF JULES

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The Sri Lankan Airlines QS event at Arugam Bay marked the return to competition for Julian Wilson, the first time he’d paddled out in a heat since severely injuring his ankle and concentrating on his much hyped film, Scratching The Surface. With the video all but in surf shops and his foot back to full strength he brought home the trophy, beating 19 year-old Amrican Nat Young in long clean right handers. He spoke to SW from California, preparing for the U.S open at Huntington.

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Julian contemplates his cover shot on the latest Surfing World. All photos courtesy of Red Bull


SW: First of all, congrats on the win. We’re all stoked for you. How’d it feel to get back into a competition rashie?
JW: It felt really good to be competing and it felt even better to bring a rashie home with me because that meant I won.

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What were your expectations going into the contest?
Any event I go to I have high expectations on myself. I went to Sri Lanka really wanting a win and put that pressure on myself from day one, it felt good to follow it through.

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The waves looked fun, the culture interesting. What’s Sri Lanka like as a contest destination?
As a contest destination I was really impressed with the wave. When you go somewhere for a contest its a lot different to going to film or shoot photos there. As long as the competition spot has decent waves and you are comfortable and happy then its all good, that was the case. Continue reading ‘2010 Surf Champion Julian remembers Arugam Bay’

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Kumana a?? The bird paradise

Published on 09/11/2010 in Blogs, front page, Historical sites, people, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 0 Comments

A brilliant trip report by Danushka of Lakdasun to Arugam Bay and nearby Kumana. Scoll down for some amazing photos!

It was a long weekend ahead of us, just 3 days left before it. We still havena??t had any clue on what to expect. One of my friends was repeatedly calling for Wilpattu, but I was disappointed after my last visit there. Wilpattu is yet to rehabilitate, that was my opinion. But since everyone was calling for it I joined them. At this point we received a bad news from Wilpattu, Bad but it was good for me ;) it was raining there.

As soon as we got to know about this we checked on other available options. Yala is my favorite place on earth, but since it is a long weekend Yala must be crowded. We decide at least we should let those animals live in peace. The only option left was Kumana, The Yala East National Park which is famous for its birds and, none of us had ever been there. Even though it was the beginning of the bird migration season we decided to go there. After struggling a bit we managed to book a campsite and start our journey toward the birds paradise.

We started from Colombo around 9PM on Thursday. Continue reading ‘Kumana a?? The bird paradise’

Arugam Bay: Riding High on waves to Recovery

Published on 06/11/2010 in accomodation, Arugam Surf Club, Arugambay Surf Club, bars, Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, front page, hotels, people, press coverage, restaurants, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

It may be a sleepy village but Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka is a great place to get some winter sun and hit the surf. How much estrogen is in alesse 28

Arugam is also a traditional fishing Bay

You must move, it will charge,a?? shouts a tuk-tuk driver as the elephant goes out of view to my right. Besides the threat of stampeding wild elephants, therea??s a lot to take in on the A4 to Arugam Bay on Sri Lankaa??s war-torn, tsunami-battered east coast. The road itself is being rebuilt and a hangover from 25 years of the civil war, which ended last May, means every road in the country is peppered with military outposts, roadblocks and army personnel.

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But Arugam Bay is shining a light for better things to come on the countrya??s untouched east coast. The colourful jumble of guest houses, cabanas and shops have been built and rebuilt. The slogans on some T-shirts state a??The Birth Of A Surfing Nationa?? but any Aussie surfer will tell you this point break has been a boarder mecca for years. Continue reading ‘Arugam Bay: Riding High on waves to Recovery’

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And we are back! On Facebook!

Published on 04/11/2010 in Arugam Bay Surf Club, Arugam Surf Club, Arugambay Surf Club, Blogs, Culture, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, Fun, Historical sites, Humour, Ideas, Kitesurf, Literature, Money Matters, Music, parties, people, press coverage, presse-deutsch, services, Share Transfer, shops, stop over Ideas, surf, Surf competition, Surf Federation News, taxis, the bay, Traveler's Reports, tuk tuk, weddings, wild life and Wind Surf. 0 Comments

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We managed to resurrect our popular Facebook page “Arugam Surf”.
Which was knocked off the net exactly 2 months ago.

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Please join, participate, submit YOUR photos, videos. Let’s make this page even more popular.
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Arugam Bay

Published on 03/11/2010 in accomodation, Arugam Surf Club, Blogs, cabanas, front page, people and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

East Coast. Just arrived as the surf season ended and were left with empty waves and lush beaches 🙂

We stayed in a penthouse cabana with wave music, sunrise alarm clock and pets such as chipmunks, mice and spiders. Amazing!!!

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17 Nabbed at Lahugala. 15 Min. West of Arugam Bay

Published on 01/11/2010 in Blogs, Environmental, From our own Correspondent, front page, Money Matters, people, press coverage, Security & Safety and services. 0 Comments

By U. Wijesinghe and Saman Ratnayake

17 persons were taken into custody yesterday for allegedly clearing and cultivating land belonging to the Lahugala forest reserve, a spokesman for the Lahugala Wild Life office said.

He said that ten (10) of the suspects were residents of Akkaraipattu while the other seven were from Pottuvil. Buy gyne-lotrimin

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A tractor belonging to the suspects had also been taken into police custody. Residents of the area had complained that various groups had cleared a large stretch of land belonging to the Lahugala forest reserve for cultivation and they called on the government to take action to stop the destruction of the forest.

Officers of the wild life offices in Lahugala and Baduluwela were involved in the operation to arrest the suspects while the Civil Defence Force provided backup.

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Community-based development vital for Arugam Bay

Published on 01/11/2010 in Blogs, From our own Correspondent, front page, Ideas and people. 0 Comments

The Arugam Bay Tourism Association (ABTA) has commenced an English language course for the youth of this popular beach town, as a first step in introducing community-based development initiatives, aimed at enhancing the capabilities and potential of the community of Arugam Bay Voltaren ointment cost .

With Actoplus met generic Arugam Bay being a popular tourist destination, improving the knowledge of English and creating greater awareness of its importance among the people, is vital for the future development of the industry as well as the individual, said M. H. A. Raheem, Chairman of ABTA. The ongoing spoken English training programme also will support the Government initiatives of attracting 2.5 million tourists by 2016. Continue reading ‘Community-based development vital for Arugam Bay’

Just another normal Arugambay weekend

Published on 16/10/2010 in From our own Correspondent, front page, people and the bay. 1 Comment

more than 600 visitors from one inland destination alone came to AbaY

At normal weekends, like today,A? Arugam Bay receives about 2,000 visitors. Most are day trippers at this time of season.

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The next long , PoyaA? Weekend (23rd.) will be much more busy.
In total, the Bay seen more than 10,000 foreign tourists and surfers this year.
In 2011 more than 100,000 are expected to visit popular Arugam Bay
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Paddle4Relief @ Arugam Bay

Published on 15/10/2010 in Arugam Bay Surf Club, Arugam Surf Club, Arugambay Surf Club, Blogs, front page, Money Matters, people and services. 0 Comments

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Pimp my (Arugam) ride

Published on 10/10/2010 in Blogs, front page, Humour, people and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

Another long delay between posts a?? must get into the habit of blogging more frequently! In our defence, Stu and I have been on full-time tour guide duty recently, first hosting our friend John from London for a fortnight and then my parents for just over a week.

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Ita??s been great having the opportunity to catch up with news from home (not to mention getting a vital resupply of gin and books). Wea??ve done a fair bit of touring around the country, along with showing off some of the sights that Arugam Bay has to offer. Wea??re both really loving being here right now and having people here to go ooh and aah at the beautiful beaches and great food has reinforced just how lucky we are. Continue reading ‘Pimp my (Arugam) ride’

Sripalaa??s Place, Arugam Bay

Published on 28/09/2010 in Arugam Surf Club, cabanas, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, front page, guesthouse, Historical sites, hotels, Money Matters, people, press coverage, restaurants, surf, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 1 Comment

Sripala’ s Place is one of the most original and oldest establishment of Renagel tablets 800 mg price Arugam Bay. They are situated near famous Surf Point for many years.

Sripala & Family, at Arugam Bay

Arugam.info has just been notified of a legal case to relocate them. As soon as we receive confirmation and further information, details will be published here.

For now, please send us your old memories so that we can add them to our “Old Arugam” section. To document the Bay’s history. Send them to: arugam.info@gmail.com And all will

be published here: https://www.arugam.info/old-arugam/

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What Wolfgang loved in Arugam Bay …

Published on 20/09/2010 in Blogs, front page, people, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 4 Comments

Wolfgang stayed and worked at Arugam Bay for many years. AbHa has hundreds or even thousands of his nice wildlife photos on file. But, as a tribute, below is just one selected dozen, of what he, himself considered to be his best memories of his time in the Bay and Sri Lanka.

Photos taken from Wolfgang’s own web site and album:

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Arugam’s “Monkey Man” has Died

Published on 19/09/2010 in front page, people and wild life. 0 Comments

In Memory of Herrn Wolfgang Heilman

Arugam.info has been informed that Wolfgang Heilman, known as “The Monkey Man” throughout Sri Lanka has died in Cameroon, Africa.

The report has so far not independently confirmed, but it is believed that he contracted Malaria and passed away as a result of his untreated condition.

The mainly uneducatedA? Arugam Bay Community never really understood him. His outstanding contribution as well as totally unselfish support for our remote Bay has never been noted by most.
Specially after the 2004 Tsunami, he gave up his German job, risked and lost his good relationship with his Thai wife.
And, within hours after the Boxing Day waves,A? he transformed this very web site into the world’s first, trueA? Community based Tsunami Self-Help Web Site.

A strong critic of affluent and wasteful and mainly totally uselessA? NGO’s (“Enjoy’s”) he concentrated later in helping endangered species, and with the support of AbHa and a few German donors an animal orphanage was established in the grounds of the Siam View at Arugam Bay.

Often totally misunderstood by greedy locals, who demanded cash for luxuries such as mobile phones and motorbikes, he turned away from human support inA? jealousy dominated Sri Lanka.

After trying his best to assist the island and preserve its outstanding wildlife and Nature, he received no support himself at all. Indeed, organizations shunned and obstructed his work. As a result, be moved to West Africa, where he continued to do what he loved best:
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As a tribute, arugam.info will publish some of his best Nature photographs shortly.A? Here. On HIS website. Of course.

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Arugam Bay is getting ready to drum

Published on 16/09/2010 in Blogs, Culture, Environmental, From our own Correspondent, front page, Fun, Humour, Ideas, Music, parties, people, press coverage, services and the bay. 0 Comments
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Bing a drum, a kettle. Or your Pot! 🙂 And join the Global Million Beats/per hr. experiment !

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There will be people drumming all over the globe, in homes, gardens, car parks, fields and beaches, in cities and villages alike. Join us at one of the locations below or in your own home wherever you are in Sri Lanka.
Please suggest locations convenient to you which you and your friends would like to gather at on the page so others nearby can join you. All that matters is the relevant time, tempo and good vibe.
The drumming will begin on a hilltop Continue reading ‘Arugam Bay is getting ready to drum’

Canadians and the AbaY Tuk Tuk scam mafia

Published on 16/09/2010 in Blogs, front page, Humour, Money Matters, people, services and taxis. 3 Comments

First published 16th September, 2010
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We attempted to find a short cut from Arugam Bay to Tissamaharama by heading along the coast through Yala National Park, a bite-sized chunk of parkland out of the South-East corner of the map of Sri Lanka; but we could discover no means of transit and were advised that there were towns approaching it that were still militarily impassable.
(editor’s note: This is incorrect. There simply is no road, and no town at all)

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Consequently our journey became a six-hour bus ride in searing heat, particularly when one added the heat from the constantly overworked engine and gearbox of the bus, and the heat thrown up from the black asphalted roads. We knew it would be an exhausting day, but we’re getting pretty used to this and can always console ourselves with the thought that things could be worsea??we could be travelling by train! Before our bus ride could begin, however, we had a few little snags to overcome.
No matter who we asked, we got a different answer about what busses were leaving Arugam Bay and at what times. Absolutely no official information! We were up early enough to make a leisurely start; but by the time we were out at the roadside, a very convincing tuk-tuk driver lied and said wea??d missed the direct bus from Arugam Bay. Sakura Guest House With Hosts

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He convinced us that we needed to cross the causeway into Potuvil, which was a short enough journey, so we let him take us. As we arrived at the bus stand in Potuvil, a bus pulled out and roared off. A dozen tuk-tuk drivers howled in convincing chorus that it was the only bus of the day to get us to Tissamaharama.
One tuk-tuk driver convinced us (against all logic) that he could catch the bus if we hopped in his tuk-tuk quickly. After a few kilometres of falling further and further behind, we told him to return us to Potuvil. Despondently, we disembarked and were trying to pull ourselves together to consider our options when another bus went screaming by. This time a tuk-tuk driver who was quickly on the ball pulled up beside us and urged us Continue reading ‘Canadians and the AbaY Tuk Tuk scam mafia’

Lanka Challenge at Arugam Bay

Published on 12/09/2010 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, Fun, Humour, Ideas, people, press coverage, services, stop over Ideas, Traveler's Reports and tuk tuk. 1 Comment

Lanka Challenge at Arugam Bay

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Getting to know the country, people and culture, all in a tuk-tuk
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Tuk-ish Delight followed by Trinco and Back, Orbis, The Third Wheel, Shake and Bake, Mothertukkers, the Wolf Pack, The Dragon Wagon, Wherea??s Ali and Jar of Vegemitea?? in they came, a line of decorated tuk tuks carrying a bunch of excited, comically dressed foreigners.

Some 30 tuk tuks wrapped up this yeara??s Lanka Challenge which brought about 80 adventurous foreigners to the island to explore its scenic beauty and culture on board a tuk-tuk. As they went from point to point each day, they had to face many challenges involving culture and community in unfamiliar terraina??manoeuvring a trishaw being the biggest of them all.

Lianne Dawes and Karen Tonner from UK, the two a??Happy Hippiesa?? as they introduced themselves got down from the a??Muthertukkersa?? in multicoloured outfits. The fun-loving duo who profess a fondness for wine, photography and dancing said they wanted to do something fun and different which is why they decided to hit the Lankan roads navigating the tuk tuk.

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a??Driving this was challenging and initially I was terrified. But later I really started enjoying it. When we had a couple of breakdowns, the locals came and helped us and that is something unheard of in our countries,a?? said Lianne.

Their 10-day long journey took them right round the country from Katunayake through Negombo to Sigiriya, Trincomalee, Dambana, Arugambay, Buttala, Weerawila, Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Colombo. The participants were judged by their tour timing from one point to another and the performance of tasks. The tour included two camping nights; one with the wanniyala-aetto in Dambana and another in Botakadan camp in Weerawila which is designed using Land Rover spare parts. Continue reading ‘Lanka Challenge at Arugam Bay’
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