Tuk Experience - Sri Lanka

The current 'tuk-tuk' setup is a modification of a Japanese delivery vehicle popular in the '60s. Drivers operate the engine with a motorcycle style steering mechanism to guide the vehicles. Originally two-stroke engines, they are also available in four-stroke versions with delivery and pick-up models on offer as well.

Beautiful Sri Lanka - Kandy

Esala Perahera (parade) is the grandest festival held in Kandy and hosts elegant costumes. The Buddhist festival, which has become a unique symbol of Sri Lanka, boasts a vast array of traditional upcountry dances (fire dances, whip dances, Kandyan dances, and other cultural dances), and colourfully adorned elephants. During my recent visit to Kandy, I did not fail remember to bring back with me some cherished memories of the city to share...:-)

Will Sri Lanka make Asia proud in 2011?

Well it is that time again where Asia is going to host cricket world cup. It will be Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a Cricket World Cup. Welcome to the club brothers :D The World Cup will take place between February and early April 2011, with the first match to be played on 19 February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony will be held on 17 February 2011, two days before the start of the tournament, with the final on 2 April 2011 at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Streaming TNL radio fails in mac

Recently I tried to stream TNL online and ended up listening to a loop. After digging into the problem I realized that the windows media player embedded in the website I used to stream is not supported in my mac (MacBook Pro, MAC OS X 10.6.4).

3 reasons why any person would want to become rich

Can you remember the last time you got annoyed,

• when one of your co-workers back stabbed you to get that promotion
• when that guy in the shop overcharged you
• when that bus conductor purposely escaped with your balance
• when that three wheel (taxi) driver overcharged you

Beautiful Sri Lanka – Is this another spam mail? – NO, I have visited most of these places

With the ending of the war against terrorism, and Sri Lanka’s ground security situation rapidly returning to normalcy, there is certainly considerable focus and interest on the tourism sector, which is expected to bounce back very soon. Read more

Fast Facts about Sri Lanka (source: lonelyplanet)
Number of waterfalls: 103
Highest waterfall: Bambarakanda Falls (240m)
Population: 21.1 million
Tip top sportsman: Muttiah Muralitharan (spin bowler)
Cost of a new three-wheeler: US$3500
Adult literacy: female 90%, male 95%
Life expectancy: female 77, male 73
Population density per sq km: Colombo 2500 people, dry zone less than 50.

Sri Lanka is a wonderful place to visit. Recently I happen to get several mails (spams rather) about tourist destinations in Sri Lanka and some photos were unbelievably beautiful.

Gas Home Delivery Service – Pitakotte, Sri Lanka

Do not have your own vehicle?
Use Shell Gas at home?
Lives near Pitakotte?
Have trouble with bringing Gas home?

The Hope - WOOD N JUICE to help Sri Lankan Children

WOOD N JUICE Rock / Electro / Punk band making history under the union jack is planning to perform at The Hope (Queens Road, Brighton, UK) on Saturday 27th March 2010.

Being a Buddhist by practice

This is about a group of friends who spend their free time on social service. All being inspired by the Buddhist teachings try to give something to society in their capacity.  The key members are Prasad and Indika. Both have few friends and relatives who support them for this worthy cause. As far as I know they started by donating medicine and some food items to the cancer hospital, Maharagama, Sri Lanka. This donation was dreams come true for Prasad.

Charity Through Marketing

If you travel through Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka you must have spotted a new item in the junction. Did you see a Bus Stop with a NIBM banner at the top? I guess, yeah :-) Let’s hear there story...

A Business Opportunity in Sri Lanka

Actually I’m going to talk about an environmental hazard. A kind of waste which has become a threat to some countries and it will be to Sri Lanka, soon.