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Cher's Overseas Adventure: January 2006
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Monday, January 30, 2006. Our friend Sirimal’s wife made us some Halapa. Which is a tasty dessert made from coconut and honey and wrapped in a leaf. Our Lanka friends laughed at us the first time we had Halapa because we didn’t know that you were not supposed to eat the leaf! Posted by chill at 12:17 AM. Sunday, January 29, 2006. Party at the Gym! And have so much fun dancing beneath the stars! Posted by chill at 9:48 PM. Sisters Drawing by Sandali. Posted by chill at 1:04 AM. Wednesday, January 25, 2006.
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: December 2005
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Saturday, December 24, 2005. The beach across from our hotel has been closed for the past couple of days due to a shark attack. Posted by chill at 8:27 PM. Tuesday, December 20, 2005. Back in North America. We wondered how we would adjust coming back to North America. Would we experience reverse culture shock, which we hear can be worse than the initial culture shock? We took endless hot showers as hot water, as particularly unlimited hot water, is a rare commodity in Sri Lanka. We thoroughly enjoyed...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: October 2005
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Monday, October 24, 2005. Sri Lankan proper nouns. Many Sri Lanka proper nouns are very difficult for foreigners to pronounce. Cities have names like Anuradhapura, Kurunegala, Nuwara Eliya, and Trincomalee. People have last names like Goonitileke. Gunawardena, and Jayatileke. Arosha constantly has to help me with pronunciation (however I am getting a bit better, right Arosha? Posted by chill at 9:02 AM. Wednesday, October 19, 2005. Stuck in the Maldives. Posted by chill at 9:19 AM. Trip to the Maldives.
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: March 2006
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Thursday, March 30, 2006. Traditional houses in Botswana, called rondavels, are round and are constructed from cow dung and mud. Today these houses are intergrated with more comtemporary buildings. I am told that they are very cool and comfortable to live in. Posted by chill at 10:09 PM. How close is too close? Luckily we were able to drive away. We have now established boundaries regarding how close Robert can get to wild animals! Rob taking photos of Rhinos. Posted by chill at 1:26 AM. We knew that Bab...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: February 2006
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006. We were very interested in the chalk drawings that appeared outside the homes in Channai. Vive told us that these drawing indicate to visitors and delivery peple that the family is home and the household is up. Originally these drawings would be made with salt and pigs would come and lick away the drawings by the end of the day. Posted by chill at 1:11 AM. Breaking News on front page of Indian Express (Indian English Newspaper). Girl ties knot with dog. Sunday, February 05, 20...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: November 2005
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Tuesday, November 22, 2005. We looked outside our apartment building to find the city completely flooded! In some ways, living as a foreigner in Sri Lanka is like being on a reality tv show. You have intense cravings for foods not available, terrible bug bites, and you need to expect the unexpected! Posted by chill at 11:26 AM. Saturday, November 19, 2005. Posted by chill at 11:18 AM. Thursday, November 17, 2005. Guys here think I’m hot! Posted by chill at 11:03 AM. Tuesday, November 15, 2005. Rob manage...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: April 2006
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006. From Canada and Back. Two of our suitcases have broken and I accidentally left the key to another suitcase stored in Oslo with my family in Finland. Surely this is a sign that it is time to go home! Most importantly, we have made so many wonderful new friends. Look out Canada here we come! Posted by chill at 7:59 AM. Sunday, April 23, 2006. We stayed closer to the city of Ostersund with my cousin Katrin, her partner Gustavo, and their kids (Gabriella and Sebastian). Here we e...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: September 2005
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Sunday, September 25, 2005. Back to the WOMAD festival. Posted by chill at 10:43 AM. Saturday, September 24, 2005. Posted by chill at 10:38 AM. World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) festival. We stayed in town this weekend so that we could attend the WOMAD. Damien and his wife Carrie (who works for the British Council) invited us to attend the concert. Dinukh, another friend from the gym, his friend Namal, and some of Carrie’s colleagues came as well. Posted by chill at 10:34 AM. It is difficult to unde...
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Cher's Overseas Adventure: August 2005
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005. The best cake ever! Thusana make us a cake with the juice from the limes given to us from Mr. and Mrs. de Silva’s garden. It was the best cake ever! Posted by chill at 11:49 PM. High Speed" Internet at last! After he left, Thusana told us that to get the dial up connection in the apartment took 5 men three days! However as promised, Buddhika returned with technician Mahesh and a new router and within minutes the connection was working! Posted by chill at 11:46 PM. We also visi...
