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3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 5 : The Solo Journey Begins. First Stop: Nuwara Eliya - The Heart Of Tea Country

3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 5 : The Solo Journey Begins. First Stop: Nuwara Eliya - The Heart Of Tea Country

Not again. No way was I going to miss my ride this time. It was pseudo-palatable to eat the 10 bucks for ticket I bought for the missed train ride they day before, but after not being able to secure another ticket for the next 3 days, if I was to stand any chance of making it to Nuwara Eliya in the highlands, I would be forced to hire a private driver...

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3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 4 : The Creature Comforts Of Colombo

3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 4 : The Creature Comforts Of Colombo

It was over. The main reason I found myself in Sri Lanka was all over. Here we sit at the train station waiting for our ride back to Colombo, reflecting upon the events of the past two weeks, and quietly wondering how we’d say goodbye to each other. After all, we had become family over the past few weeks and bonds had certainly been formed. And here we were, in the middle of Sri Lanka, in a village that none of us may very well ever see again, and wondering if we’d ever even get to see each other again. 

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3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 1 : The Most Meaningful Work I’ve Ever Done

3 Weeks In Sri Lanka - Part 1 : The Most Meaningful Work I’ve Ever Done

It was the most meaningful and rewarding work I’ve ever done.

Bold statement for a man well into his thirties? Perhaps. But I’ll start from the beginning. I received an email from a friend that simply said “What are you doing the first two weeks of February.” Mind you, this was closing in on the last week of January. 48 hours later, a round trip ticket to Colombo, Sri Lanka in my name arrived in my email box.

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