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Meeting a legend
A friend of mine, Kumudu, told me the whereabouts of Mr.Bandusena. When I dig more, I didn’t have any doubt, he can’t be anyone but one of the pioneering commercial divers in Sri Lanka. I had read...
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All started from Adams Peak for us
It’s been 20 years since this happened and I was in the university. Janaka told me Dr.Nihal wants to meet you. අන්න නිහාල් සර් උඹට හම්බවෙන්න කිව්වාI said “I don’t know him… what’s the reason”ඒ මොකෝ.....
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What temperate waters offer
We always see great underwater photos with clear blue backgrounds and that’s like a dream for any diver or underwater enthusiast. Those are tropical waters. As Sri Lankans we are blessed with such...
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Exploring Kudumbigala
Kudumbigala is one of the wonderful places I have ever explored. It is an old monastery which had been re-discovered in recent past. Most fascinatingly, it has become one of the most interior...
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Pledge to go fur-free!
Consumers everywhere need to know the truth about fur. When people learn that millions of innocent animals are beaten, boiled, hanged, and electrocuted for their fur every year ... when they learn that...
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Life at Harbone Street
In August 2019, I came to Perth. After spending first night in a hotel near the Airport I came to my next place where I planned to stay for next month.That's how I ended up living with David and Kim. I...
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Uncertain times in an isolated city
In early 2020, I was in Sri Lanka with family enjoying all the comforts I can ask for. Not to say, while it was the west coast season, I also explored few shipwreck in the coast of Colombo and Galle....
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Going out of the city
As I mentioned in my previous post, Western Australia wasn’t hit badly by Covid. Though we were not allowed to go out of the state, travel within the state was possible during the period of jeopardy....
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Thrilling historical connections in between Perth and Sri Lanka
In 1942, Japanese captured Singapore and cut off the air link in between Australia and England. By 1943, Royal Australian Air force started one of the historically important flights in between Perth...
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Wandering through the time of Covid
In a previous post I mentioned how I was stranded in Australia since federal government imposed a law stopping Australians from going out of the country during the Covid-19 pandemic. At last I was...
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life goes on amid the crisis
When I came out of the arrivals door of Bandaranayake Airport, Sisira was there to take me home. Sisira had been my (un)official driver, for last few years. First he was the driver for me when I used...
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Another excursion at east
I had all the intensions of diving when east coast season started in 2023. I couldn't do much in west coast season this time since Sawanthi went through a surgery and needed a lot of rest, leaving me...
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Busy in good way
Not to say I was tired and overwhelmed by end of the Underwater/ Land excursion done in east, nor any difference for others. Funny, but sadly Niro had travelled all the way to Monaragala again in a bus...
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Partying at Kalpitiya
When we first came to dive at Kalpitiya, a couple of years ago, it was like love at first sight. Its not all about diving, but people, culture and slow life what we started to admire. Day to day life...
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Need a home to be homesick
Australia changes to holiday mode from the beginning of December. In 2023 I was still in Perth. This is usually not in my plans. Given the opportunity, this time I made it a point to attend the office...
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