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Trip Reports Archive » Trips Filed Under Arippu Fort

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  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 13 views
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  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 94 views
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  4. Days at Chilaw 48 views
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  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 36 views
  7. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 35 views
  8. First Ever Camping at “Haritha Kanda”, Bogawanthalawa 32 views
  9. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 32 views
  10. Scenic Peacock Hills (1518m) + Kadiyanlena & Galboda Waterfalls 31 views

This Month's

  1. Hiking Kabaragala – The Highest Peak of Dolosbage (1506 M) 380 views
  2. Hike to Gongala (1357m)-Highest peak of Sabaragamuwa Mountains 254 views
  3. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 228 views
  4. Misty point-Ambokka (1159m) and Selagama Mini world’s end 158 views
  5. Bulathkohupitiya-Narangala Hike (880m) 156 views
  6. Camping on Dolukanda (600m) 152 views
  7. Camping at Kelebokka 360 view point…. 136 views
  8. Dreams Do Come True, Maragala-kanda (1111m) The Paradise Of Monaragala 134 views
  9. Dhanigala / Kandegama the Alien Mountain 133 views
  10. Back to Yahangala (1220m) 130 views

All-Time

  1. Two days in Heaven (Madulsima to Pitamaruwa) 45,151 views
  2. Aliyawetunaela Hike – 1665m (අලියාවැටුණඇල) 31,918 views
  3. Camping trip to Meemure – One of the best trips ever!!! 30,030 views
  4. Bathalegala (Bible’s Rock) 798m 26,738 views
  5. Chariot Path of Ravana & Sitha on top of Piduruthalagala range and James Taylor’s Loolecondera! 25,535 views
  6. Waterfalls of Colombo District 24,546 views
  7. සබරගමුවේ ආදරවන්තයන්ගේ කන්ද (Paraviyangala) 18,918 views
  8. Scenic Hike to Wangedigala 18,878 views
  9. ගලේ බණ්ඩාර දෙවියන්ගේ අඩවියේ පිහිටි රාවණා රජු මල දවස රජුට ජනතාව ගරු බුහුමන් දැක් වූ ස්තානය (යහන්ගල/Yahangala 1220m)... 18,124 views
  10. Great Western (6th highest mountain in Sri Lanka- 2212m) Once in a life time HIKE! 17,345 views

Extended Journey to Doric Bungalow and Arippu Fort

Once ghost towns along the Puttlum – Mannar coastal line bordering Wilpattu National Park, these small towns and villages have now woken up form the 30 year slumber after the end of the LTTE terrorist occupation.

This stretch of sea was world famous for thousands of years for for producing finest pearls in the world but today a waste land with few fishing villages due to over exploitation. Portuguese, Dutch and British all had considerable interest in the region and the best example is the massive bungalow of the British Governor, Sir Frederick North (1798-1805) built for the supervision of pearl fishery operations in the region.

Island of Mannar

This was my first ever visit to Mannar and one of the most awaited trips. Initially I wanted to join Niroshan on his Mannar journey but had skipped it because of my wedding. Though I missed out on it I did a good copycat journey. For further information on locations please do read his report. This will be more of a picture report.

Memoirs of Occupied Ceylon and Marooned in a Fishing Village…

There were an endless number of sea gulls crashing like a stone and catching fish and at times floating on the water with the waves like ducks. We got fooled at first they were real ducks. The average speed of the ferry was about 8-10km an hour. It recorded a highest speed of around 20km according to Sheham’s GPS. Time wore on and all of a sudden Nissanka showed us a distant communications tower which was at BG Navy Camp. Without even knowing we had moved from Dutch Bay to Portugal Bay but for me it was the same lagoon or rather the sea. However the water looks more clean and clear than it was close to the mainland. We could clearly see the ocean floor and the depth can’t have been more than 10ft. The water looked a gorgeous emerald green too.

Mannar, revisited

The long weekend in October was eagerly awaited as a trip to Mannar was planned with family friends. Unfortunately, at the last moment they couldn’t make it, but we decided to keep to our plans though the kids were a little disheartened. We left home (Nawala) at 5 in the morning and took our first break at the dried out Thabbowa Tank around 8am. We expected some bird activity but guess we were too late for that.

Four days at Mannar and Wilpattu

Year and Month April, 2013 Number of Days Four Day Trip Crew Five (Myself, wife, daughter and two sons) Accommodation Four Tees Rest Inn at Mannar and a private house at Wilpattu Transport Car Activities A Family trip, Visiting Adam’s bridge, Wild life Weather Excellent Route Gampaha -> Puttalam -> Nochchiyagama -> Oyamaduwa -> Thanthirimale -> […]

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