SEAPLANES IN SRI LANKA: up and away with a new air taxi service
It was at Koggala lake, near Galle, that I first
saw the seaplane that was to whisk me up to Sri Lanka's lush and
temperate tea country. There, bobbing up and down, lashed to a
floating dock, was the white dual-engine DeHavilland Twin Otter, on
its tail a phantasmagoric mural depicting the supposed sights of Sri
Lanka: leopards, giant squid, elephants and whales.
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In Focus
LIFE ABROAD - Part 13:
JAW JAW IN ENGLISH!
The comforting thought in visiting England could
be regarded as the absence of any language barrier as most of the
Sri Lankans who travel abroad are familiar with the English
language. The problems one can experience without being able to
speak a foreign language fluently (except English) when travelled to
other countries like France, Italy,
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Scurrying for curry – Indian’s take on Lankan food
A delicately seasoned dish suddenly turns
savoury and a totally spiceless one becomes a festive essential in
Sri Lankan cuisine. I’d heard that Sri Lankan food was a cross
between that of our South, and of South East Asia; that ingredients,
processes and spices (pepper, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric) were like
ours. But that a twist of freshness came from a slightly different
store of aromatics like lemon grass and pandanus.
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