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28/05/2012

Challenges are what make life interesting..... Overcoming them is what makes life meaningful....!

23/05/2012

The Island has more than 12 National Parks, comprising -
Strict Reservations (Ritigala)
Nature Reservations (Sinharaja)
Wildlife Reservations (Yala and Wilpattu)
Sanctuaries (Kumana/Weerawila)

Other major national parks -
Lahugala, Gal Oya, Horton Plains, Minneriya, Maduru Oya, Kaudulla, Uda Walawe, Bundala & Wasgamuwa

04/05/2012

Vesak - Buddhism's most Sacred festival (05th & 06th May)

The Ehela trees laden with yellow gold blossoms herald the onset of the Vesak festival - Buddhism's most Sacred event.Prince Siddhartha was born on a Vesak full moon poya day.He achieved supreme Enlightenment and and attained Buddhahood on a Vesak full moon poya day.Finally his great Demise occurred on a Vesak full moon poya day.

25/04/2012

10 places to travel for a higher cause #05 - Mount Athos - Greece

Known as the Holy Mountain, Mt Athos is a self-governing community of 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries sprinkled around the slopes of 2033m-high Mt Athos on Greece’s Chalkidiki Peninsula. A strict entry-permit system applies: 100 Orthodox pilgrims and 10 non-Orthodox visitors are allowed in at a time; only men over 18 years of age can visit; permit applications from non-Orthodox visitors must be made at least six months ahead; and diamonitiria (permits) usually allow stays of just four days. The Holy Mountain is reached by boat, and you then walk between monasteries, each of which contains a guesthouse.

24/04/2012

10 places to travel for a higher cause #04 - Golden Temple - India

Resting against the India–Pakistan border, the city of Amritsar has a golden heart, with the Golden Temple, the holiest site in Sikhism, dominating the city. Glowing in the hot Punjabi sun, the temple is as golden as its name suggests, and sits in the middle of the holy Amrit Sarovar pool, which lends its name to the city. Pilgrims bathe in the pool, and amble clockwise around its marble edges, while the temple kitchen by the eastern entrance spoons out free meals to pilgrims and tourists alike. Visitors are welcome to join the faithful in and around the temple.

23/04/2012

10 places to travel for a higher cause #03 -Međugorje - Hercegovina

On 28 June 1981 six youths in the Bosnian mountain village of Međugorje claimed to have seen an apparition of the Virgin Mary. Instantly, a place of pilgrimage was born, complete with bus tours and an unholy number of souvenir stands. The Virgin is said to still appear at Međugorje, bringing messages to the world, delivering them through the original six ‘visionaries’ – three of them see the apparition daily. For a Međugorje vision of your own, begin in the famed bridge town of Mostar; Međugorje is about 30 mountainous kilometres away

19/04/2012

10 places to travel for a higher cause #02 -Camino de Santiago - spain

One of the great Christian pilgrimages is to the tomb of the apostle St James in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela. It’s a journey of such spiritual note that it has been named Europe’s Premier Cultural Itinerary and is also listed on the Unesco World Heritage register. The Camino begins in Roncesvalles, on the French border, and covers 783km to the Atlantic coast. Cycling and horseback are considered appropriate forms of pilgrim transport, but most people walk the route, wandering between an extensive system of albergues, spending around one month as a modern pilgrim.

18/04/2012

Seeking some deeper meaning on your travels? Make your own pilgrimage to some of the world’s great spiritual sites...!!

10 places to travel for a higher cause #01 - Mount Kailash - Tibet

As the source of several of Asia’s mightiest rivers, including the Ganges, Karnali and Indus, it’s little surprise that peak of Mt Kailash in Tibet is revered in a number of religions. To circuit holy Kailash is a pilgrimage for Buddhists, Hindus, Bonpos, Jains and, more recently, trekkers. The most ardent pilgrims walk the 52km circuit in a day, while the truly pious prostrate themselves around the mountain, lying down with arms outstretched, then standing and lying down again at the point that their hands reached. The journey to Kailash is itself an epic worthy of being called a pilgrimage, so allow time for this remarkable trek.

17/04/2012

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" - Saint Augustine

16/04/2012

Few places in the world can offer the traveller such a remarkable combination of stunning landscapes, pristine beaches, captivating cultural heritage and unique experiences within such a compact location. Within a mere area of 65,610 kilometres lie 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 1,330 kilometres of coastline - much of it pristine beach - 15 national parks showcasing an abundance of wildlife, nearly 500,000 acres of lush tea estates, 250 acres of botanical gardens, 350 waterfalls, 25,000 water bodies, to a culture that extends back to over 2,500 years.

05/04/2012

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