Friendly Rats and MMA Fights in Sri Lanka (In Our Kitchen).

In this case, the MMA stands for Mad Mongoose Attacks (obviously). A completely true, unembellished story, exactly as it happened before breakfast today: We have an open air kitchen at our house in Weligama. It is surrounded by walls, about eight feet high, and part of it (the part over the sink and hotplate are […]

Our little world in and around Weligama

We have just been exploring a bit around Weligama, Midigama, Mirissa, Ahangama, Unawatuna, and the hills North of here lately. I thought I would share some pictures: Just around here: The beaches of Midigama, Ahangama, and Kabalana and a few of my favorite surf breaks. There are so many breaks scattered along this coast, but […]

Surfin’, Fishin’, Beachin’. and eatin’

We had a great day today. Actually we have lots of great days, but this one was extra great. It was the perfect coming together of a bunch of different elements, visuals, and sensations, all shared with the perfect partner. It came the day after Tam was mad at me for being a grumpy shit […]

Cheesy Tourists At the Fort in Galle.

It was Tam’s Birthday yesterday! I couldn’t bring myself to drag her out surfing on her birthday, so we decided (she decided) to go be cheesy tourists somewhere. We picked the Dutch fort in Galle, which has been described to us as “tourist hell”, and “very busy”. It was neither. It actually turned out to […]

Surf sessions, and the thoughts that come with them.

We just came in from a surf session in Unawatuna (it’s still hard to say that name without chuckling a bit (kind of like the town of Dickwela. Whatever, yes, I am juvenile)), and on the half-hour drive home it came to me how diverse our thoughts and conversations are while we are sitting in […]

A Little more Tuk Tuk’ing And Elephant Looking.

This is the last one. I promise. I just had some video of all of our recent self-drive safari-ing, and wanted to get that in here, This one is just silly. A bit more tuk tuk travel, but this time not a danger bus in sight. Mostly water buffaloes. And bad roads. We took this […]

Arugam Bay: Pets, Surf, And Self-Drive Safaris. Part Three: Self-Drive Safaris.

We can only surf so much in one day, then we need to eat and go find some adventuring to do. There are safaris all over around Arugam Bay, both into Kumana National Park and Yala National Park, but both can run around one hundred and fifty to three hundred dollars (for two of us) […]

Step Away From The Machine, Man…

I just came in from a surf session. It was one of those rare, great sessions when you find clean takeoffs on tricky waves, you read the waves properly, make all your cutbacks, and ride clean lines for long, smooth rides. Today, the waves were sporadic, with a lot of time between good sets, so […]

Sunday Afternoon In Okanda, Part Three: The wildlife.

Part three of our mellow Sunday adventure is about the animals living in this area. As I said before, in parts one and two, we were driving the tuk tuk along the North and East borders of Kumana National Park. The only legal access into the park is by jeep safari, which is pretty cheap, […]

Sunday Afternoon in Okanda, Part Two: The temples.

Part two of our lazy Okanda adventure day finds us visiting a couple of very old temples (yes, more temples), situated on big granite domes in the middle of lagoons, forest, and the savanna country bordering the Kumana National Park. The first was a hindu temple, as mentioned in part one, called Ukanthamalai Murugan Kovil. […]