Knuckles - The stuff of legends

Team of 5 2 Days in January 2013 Public Transport My usual travel buddies, Prishan and Lathika and I were arguing about which hike to do next - Knuckles or Peacock Hill. After research showed that Peacock Hill was not that great a challenge to surmount, we concluded on Knuckles as the place to go. We made one mistake - Global Warming. It is now coming to a stage where weather patterns had become so erratic that it cannot be predicted...

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Jaffna – The final frontier

Team of 3 4 Days in December 2012 Traveled by Car For many local nowadays, Jaffna is the place to go to. I guess it’s mainly driven by the fact that one can now travel to the northern most district of Sri Lankan without being mortified by the thought of landmines exploding at their feet and bullets whizzing past their ears. All civil war related anecdotes aside, Jaffna boasts of a rich culture to our heritage that’s definitely...

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Belihuloya to Pattipola on foot : Hiking 101

Team of 7 (Aged under 30) 1 Day in April 2012 (Avoid Monsoon and rainy seasons) By Foot (Bus and Train at start and completion) A hike is more often than not, one of those things that the heart wants but the body cannot handle.  This was one of those hikes.It was close to 30kms in length altogether and done in one single day. As insane as it may sound, it was an experience of a lifetime and there are a couple of things...

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