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Amazing Arugambay. Simply the Best

Published on 15/04/2010 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, front page and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

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It has been amazing, simply the besta??I was really not expecting that.

The bay is beautiful, the beach is amazing, the water is hot and the chillies are red and spicy!

I spent the first few days walking for hours around Arugam and Panama, the area is amazing. There is wild elephants down the road, peacocks, lizards, huge turtles..and beautiful colorful birdsA? 🙂

It feels great just to walk around and see all those things living freely around you.

I did surf a little bit, but its pretty Continue reading ‘Amazing Arugambay. Simply the Best’

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OPRAH HIRES TROOPS FOR ARUGAM HUNT

Published on 16/03/2010 in Blogs, front page, people, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

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OprahA?Winfrey has hired a organisation of ex-Marines to poke for “Oprah” unchangingA?Nate Berkus’ friend,A?Fernando Bengoechea, who was swept divided in a Dec. twenty-six tsunami.

Nate Berkus and Oprah Winfrey

According to “Extra,” a group of former Marines will transport to a review locale of Arugam Bay, Sri Lanka, where Berkus as well as Bengoechea were vacationing when aA?tsunami hit.

Fernando Bengoechea

Berkus reportedly met a ex-Marines as well as gave them details, together with Bengoechea’s expect place when a tsunami hit.

Harpo Productions, Winfrey’s prolongation company, additionally skeleton to send a writer to stick upon Berkus in Arugam Bay, according to “Extra” a?? heading to conjecture which Winfrey will underline a little aspect of a poke as well as tsunami upon an arriving part of “Oprah.

Berkus, a Chicago-based interior designer, has appeared often upon “Oprah” as well as has written interiors for Barneys New York, W Hotels as well as alternative high-end establishments

A Harpo mouthpiece pronounced she couldn’t endorse a “Extra” story.

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How the world knew Arugam Bay.

Published on 13/03/2010 in Blogs, Culture, Environmental, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, Historical sites, Kitesurf, Literature, Money Matters, parties, people, press coverage, Security & Safety, services, surf, the bay, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 2 Comments

— Majority of the world, especially the West got to know about Arugam Bay, only after the 2004 tsunami.

Arugam Bay 'City' Centre and view to Main Surf Point

There was a moving episode on America’s most-popular talk show, theA?Oprah Winfrey Show where a tsunami survivorA?Nate Berkus was interviewed. The Chicago-based interior designer Nate Berkus related his story on television about his vacation going awry. He was relaxing at a beach cottage in Arugam Bay with his partner photographerA?Fernando Bengoechea, when the deadly tsunami struck. Even though Nate was spared, unfortunately, Fernando’s life wasn’t. Continue reading ‘How the world knew Arugam Bay.’

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Alcoholics in Arugam Bay

Published on 08/03/2010 in bars, Blogs, Culture, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, front page, people and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

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Classic Dox – Adrift in Sri Lanka On air: 5 February 2010 13:20 – 1 March 2010 13:20

Published on 01/03/2010 in accomodation, bars, Blogs, books, cabanas, Environmental, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, guesthouse, hotels, Money Matters, people, press coverage, presse-deutsch, restaurants, Security & Safety, services and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

Producer Marijke van der Meer was holidaying in Sri Lanka when disaster struck in December 2004. Her personal report from one of the country’s devastated towns told of the harrowing situation there and the desperate need for aid.

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In the southeastern Sri Lankan coastal town of Pottovil – a town with an ethnic mix of Singhalese and Tamils, Muslims and Buddhists – a golden statue of Buddha stares serenely over Arugam Bay. The bay was a Mecca for surfers, who stayed in guesthouses with names such as Chill Space Surf, Hideaway, Aloha and even the Tsunami Beach Hotel. The statue of Buddha is one of the few fully intact constructions in this demolished town where a thick layer of muddy dirt covers the ground.

Destruction and death

Arugam Bay after Tsunami 2004

Soldiers look on as bulldozers shove aside trees and bricks from destroyed dwellings. The bodies of some 1,000 people – killed within a few seconds of the tsunami – have been recovered. But there are many others missing and many families who have no roofs over their heads and are in so-called ‘collection centres’.

The medical situation is critical in this isolated district, where several people are saying that they feel neglected by the authorities because Continue reading ‘Classic Dox – Adrift in Sri Lanka On air: 5 February 2010 13:20 – 1 March 2010 13:20’

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Arugam Bay on YouTube

Published on 01/03/2010 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, people, surf, the bay, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 0 Comments

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Thank you, Horst & Tina! Arugam Bay’s GermanA?supporters.
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Wake up to Arugam Bay sun

Published on 28/02/2010 in Blogs, Culture, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, people, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 1 Comment

Sun Rise at Arugam Bay

This picture was taken last year and it was in myA?gallery Order elavil overnight Femcare price for sometime. Yet, I am posting it here. As my friend,A?Fred always says, there is no better place to enjoy the splendor of Indian Ocean than Arugam Bay, one of the best surfing spots in the world!

We camped on the beach and were up from 4.30am to see theA?amazing sight of sunrise. As soon as I woke up, I took above picture from the tent. By that time, my friends were already busy taking pictures!

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Oh! How I long to head to Arugam Bay!

Published on 18/02/2010 in Blogs, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, Kitesurf, people, surf and Traveler's Reports. 8 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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Kite Surf Sri Lanka writes, in his blog and on his web site:

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Been on this island for 28 years and have travelled a lot but Arugam Bay still remains the best and most exciting place on this island paradise. Jungle beaches with amazing breaks, winds in the afternoon for some kitesurfing amongst the surfers, the

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Arugambay: Like a Southern beach in its Early day

Published on 17/02/2010 in Blogs, Culture, front page, Historical sites, people and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

Muhudu Maha Viharaya – PottuVille/ Arugambay

From Arugam bay to the pristine beaches of Panama
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It took almost eleven hours from Colombo to Pottuvil on the narrow and winding A4 road along the south east coastline of Sri Lanka.

Muhudu Maha Viharaya - Arugambay/PottuVille

There were four of us; my husband and two of our friends. So far it had been a eventful day. We had watched the antics of a herd of elephants at theA?Lahugala sanctuary and had stopped to wonder at the historic ruins of theA?Magul Maha Vihara complex.

As we were approaching Pottuvil, the narrow road cut through acres of luxuriously green paddy fields. A milk white dagoba stood out over the fields framed by coconut and palmyrah trees. At the point at which we turned south towards Arugam bay was a small Catholic church dedicated to St. Anthony.

Our destination was Arugam Bay, a further 2.5kms south of Pottuvil.

Around Arugam Bay & PottoVille

We crossed the bridge over the wide lagoon of Arugam Kalapu. The roadside was dotted with hotels, guest houses, restaurants and may have resembled the southern beach line in its early days before tourism became an industry at the cost of the environment and the village culture.

Arugam bay is known as one of the best surf points in the world, popular for its challenging breaker laden waves. It may be one of the only unspoilt beaches in Sri Lanka.

Arugam bay Zoloft online ordering consists of three small villages where fishing and farming are the main occupations. Ullae is a fishing village situated at the corner of the bay Continue reading ‘Arugambay: Like a Southern beach in its Early day’

Kumana National (nr. Arugambay) opens for tourists

Published on 08/02/2010 in Environmental, front page, Historical sites, people, press coverage, Security & Safety, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 5 Comments
Chamikara WEERASINGHE The Kumana National Park, Sri Lanka’s best santuary for bird watching, was re-opened last week after a prolonged closure.

Kumana villu - natural swamp lake

The Park was closed due to LTTE terrorist problems from 1985. Located in the the country’s southern east corner, the Kumana park came to have been affected by the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004. It was closed for public view again from 2006 with the government launching its humanitarian operations in the country’s North and East to liberate the country from clutches of terrorism. With the Government liberating the country last year, the Environment and Natural Resources Ministry is rapidly establishing its control in the country’s game parks. The Ministry opened Yala National Park in the last year.

In search of migratory access and grazing rights

Minister Champika Ranawaka said, they will have opened all the 20

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3 bald men and a German go surfing Aragum Bay

Published on 31/01/2010 in Blogs, front page, services, surf, the bay and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments

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Some distinctly average surfing by middle aged bald blokes on completely mediocre waves.
Even the wipeouts are laid back. The sound track is very nice though…

Virgin. Beach. Arugam. Bay

Published on 17/01/2010 in Blogs, front page, people, press coverage and Traveler's Reports. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .
This was just the beginning, as the next spot was again a virgin beach, at Arugam Bay.
This was the first truly unspoilt beach I discovered……

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Pleasantly surprising Country Vacation Srilanka

Exotic location like Srilanka is a complete fun for planning your vacation, but not unless you feel at home. With an absolute desire to enjoy this lovely island, I asked them to plan a random vacation for me, just like a blind date. I swear this turned out to be a great idea indeed and Country Vacation Srilanka didna??t disappoint.

My Country Vacation membership was equally valid for Country Vacation Srilanka package as well and I was able to enjoy all Country Vacation membership privileges, even in Srilanka. It started not with beaches but Sinharaja forest, which is considered to be one of the affluent reserves in terms of flora and fauna.

I was amazed to observe this large variety of species here, and it was then that I realized why people called it a virgin forest. The motive was now clearly visible for me. They had planned to show me an island which Marco Polo considered finest on earth.

This was just the beginning, as the next spot was again a virgin beach, at Arugam Bay. This was the first truly unspoilt beach I discovered. I feel the unique feature is that they are smartest of all to keep track of all unexplored and undiscovered destinations around the world.

The next in line for me was Continue reading ‘Virgin. Beach. Arugam. Bay’

Panama. 15km South of Arugambay

Published on 14/01/2010 in Blogs, Culture, front page, Historical sites, Religious, Traveler's Reports and wild life. 2 Comments

Pattini Devale, Panama

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,

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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 Zyban price in pakistan
Panoa is a considerable village, and the country round it abounds with paddee fields.

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, Continue reading ‘Panama. 15km South of Arugambay’

AbaY Hotel nominated for Best of British Award

Published on 07/01/2010 in accomodation, bars, Blogs, Culture, Environmental, Facebook Fan Club: Arugam Surf, From our own Correspondent, front page, guesthouse, hotels, Ideas, Music, parties, people, press coverage, presse-deutsch, restaurants and Traveler's Reports. 12 Comments

Nominated for the Best of British Award by the Daily Telegraph, London

The SVH on the Surfer’s Bay of Arugam. Established 1977 by a devout CAMRA member. The “Siam View” is still run by the same Manx expat and his family to this day. Despite the 30 war years and 2004 Tsunami this place never once closed its doors for even one single day. Home of more than a dozen all natural draft beers. Continue reading ‘AbaY Hotel nominated for Best of British Award’

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Arugambay/PottuVille/Kudahs

Published on 07/01/2010 in Blogs, front page, people, stop over Ideas and Traveler's Reports. 2 Comments

Backpacking to theA?Kudahs

Day 3 and 4 of our backpacking trip saw us heading out from Pottuvil at 5:30am on Wednesday morning to reach Batticaloa around noon. Stuck for an alternative, the bus was a neat enough place to experience the sunrise from.

We went back to Thameemya??s to get some food, found a local barber and even got haircuts and shaves. Batticaloa town is colourful. It looks a lot like youa??re walking through an old south Indian movie. Continue reading ‘Arugambay/PottuVille/Kudahs’

Arugambay Crows, Water Buffalos

Published on 31/12/2009 in Blogs, front page, people and Traveler's Reports. 1 Comment

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The black birds at Arugam Bay.

Taking pictures is fun. It is a nice way to remember things you have seen and done. Some experiences feel vaguely empty when there are no pictures accompanying them for posterity, or next month. Pictures can also give an artistic touch to otherwise mundane experiences. They can make buses and tuk tuks interesting, and can also make you look cooler on Facebook. Continue reading ‘Arugambay Crows, Water Buffalos’