Saturday, May 19, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Snapshots from Sri Lanka #2
A couple of days ago we visited a turtle research project/sanctuary in Bentota. The sanctuary is not only a hospital and home for injured turtles but raises baby turtles for release to aid in saving the turtle population.
Sadly turtle eggs and turtle shells are still illegally sold in Sri Lanka. Local fisherman collect the newly laid eggs before poachers can get them and sell them to the sanctuary. These eggs are then buried in a caged hatchery on the beach until they are born and then housed in a safe tank until they are old enough to be released back into the sea.
Lucky for us on the day we visited the sanctuary we were invited bakc the following night to particpate in the next turtle release. It was an amazing moment on a beautiful Sri Lankan evening.
Sadly turtle eggs and turtle shells are still illegally sold in Sri Lanka. Local fisherman collect the newly laid eggs before poachers can get them and sell them to the sanctuary. These eggs are then buried in a caged hatchery on the beach until they are born and then housed in a safe tank until they are old enough to be released back into the sea.
Lucky for us on the day we visited the sanctuary we were invited bakc the following night to particpate in the next turtle release. It was an amazing moment on a beautiful Sri Lankan evening.
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| Tuk tuk ride to the turtle beach |
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Snap shots from Sri Lanka #1
As you would of seen from my last post, we arrived in Sri Lanka safe and sound..... eventually.
Our flight was delayed on the tarmac in Dubai for over an hour and we had to wait on the plane. As we had purchased cheap flights with Emirates budget airline Fly Dubai our plane was full of labourers heading home to Sri Lanka who spent this hour drinking their duty free alcohol and subsequently sang the entire four hour flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was also the first time I have been on a flight where the passengers cheered loudly after take-off and landing which was a little disturbing.
We are now in Bentota, Sri Lanka which is south of Colombo by 3 hours and just north of Galle. It was an area hit by the 2004 Tsunami and there are reminders of the devastation everywhere.
Bentota is a stunning town wedged between the ocean and a massive beautiful river. There is not a large tourist trade here and as such the town itself is rather humbling and very eye opening.
Below are a few of our favourite snaps from the last few days. I will add more over the next few days.
Our flight was delayed on the tarmac in Dubai for over an hour and we had to wait on the plane. As we had purchased cheap flights with Emirates budget airline Fly Dubai our plane was full of labourers heading home to Sri Lanka who spent this hour drinking their duty free alcohol and subsequently sang the entire four hour flight to Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was also the first time I have been on a flight where the passengers cheered loudly after take-off and landing which was a little disturbing.
We are now in Bentota, Sri Lanka which is south of Colombo by 3 hours and just north of Galle. It was an area hit by the 2004 Tsunami and there are reminders of the devastation everywhere.
Bentota is a stunning town wedged between the ocean and a massive beautiful river. There is not a large tourist trade here and as such the town itself is rather humbling and very eye opening.
Below are a few of our favourite snaps from the last few days. I will add more over the next few days.
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| Although Bentota is only 70km south of Colombo the drive took over 3 hours as there are no highways and this is the major road and traffic conditions |
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| There are squirrels everywhere, and now that we stupidly fed them once they stalk us out the front of our hotel room. They are pretty cute and very harmless |
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| This was not what we expecting to run into on our evening walk along the beach road on our first night. He was walking home from a hard day at work. |
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| Amazing to be this close |
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| Then the following morning we discovered this handsome little man in the front garden of our resort |
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| Piper insisted on sending Naz back to our hotel rool to collect all of our banana's we had purchased in town to feed the elephant. |
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Know your thobe
As we prepare to depart for our holiday to Sri Lanka I thought I would leave you with some cultural education! Below is a diagram depicting the different types of traditional dress (Thobe also referred to as a Dish Dash) we see on a daily basis here in the UAE.
Now when you come to visit us you will be able spot the different dress styles!
Now when you come to visit us you will be able spot the different dress styles!
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Fave photo's
Piper's current favourite thing to do is take photo's with my iphone. I love looking at my phone afterwards and finding her hilarious shots!
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| Photo of her own toes.... check out the bright green she chose for pedicure yesterday! She was obviously happy with her toes as I found about 20 shots similar to this one. |
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| I love that she managed to capture both of us in this photo, mind you I was trying to run out the door to work while Lady Muck was lying in my bed taking photo's and dictating exactly where my arms should be and how I should pose! |
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| Posing in her new 'bikini's' as she calls them |
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| We have been spending a lot more time in the pool lately for obvious reasons. Piper's likes to stalk me with her water gun..... |
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| or other childrens poor rubber duckies.... duck shooting anybody?!? |
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| I took this photo in Dubai Mall, Fashion Mall area. This mobile is made from 1000's of butterflies and is stunning in real life but hard to capture in a photo. |
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
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