Sri Lanka’s hidden pearl
Green quest in war-torn nation
Jim Jarvie, 47, Mercy Corps director of climate change and environment
IT’S not a country which has had its troubles to seek - a fact borne out by the blown-up tanks which have been left scattered across the dusty landscape of Afghanistan.
Amid the violence, bloodshed and turmoil which has racked this country, […]
After 272 bouncy km on the famous A4 passengers in transit to Arugambay are obviously happy to spot a modern restaurant on the left side.
With well advertised clean toilets. What a relief!
On closer inspection a shiny brass plaque is found on the wall.
Coastal bound travelers are confused:
“Are we near the sea then?” I thought […]
Rebellen feuerten Granaten auf Hubschrauber
Nur knapp ist der deutsche Botschafter in Sri Lanka, Jürgen Weerth, am Dienstag im Osten der Insel einem Mörserangriff von Tamilen-Rebellen entgangen.
Entging dem Anschlag unverletzt: der deutsche Botschafter in Sri Lanka, Jürgen Weerth.
Der 62 Jahre alte Diplomat sagte der dpa: „Ich bin unverletzt.“ Der Botschafter war Teil einer Delegation aus Diplomaten […]
But no power.
What to do? Wobble the head?
Most so-called “active” NGO’s actually hate Arugam.info.
We only seem to run them down in public.
We do. With good reason.
Why on earth don’t they ever come up with a real bright idea for a change?
Arugam.info is not part of any ENJOY and we never have been given any official […]
Sooriya’s Story
The above photo, taken in Arugam Bay today tells a long story in one single shot.
Shown is Ramana Sooriya with a copy of the Travel novel by Claudia Ackermann.
“Der Krokodilfelsen” is based on true events in the early 1980’s, focused on Ulla village which Arugam Bay was known as then.
Arugam.info will provide more […]
Tsunami Zwei Hamburger Ärzte ünterstützen das Waisenhaus in Ampara
Eine Oase in einem gottvergessenen Land
Mit Spenden aus der Hansestadt flogen Dr. Benjamin Kienast und Dr. Christian Queitsch zum zweiten Mal in das Katastrophengebiet.
Von Miriam Opresnik
Christian Queitsch steht vor dem neu aufgebauten Waisenhaus auf Sri Lanka. Das Girlshome wurde beim Tsunami zerstört. Foto: KIENAST
Auf den ersten Blick […]
Move to the City (or the Beach…again)
Right now I’m pretty flat tack, I’m trying to get the road section of the current project up and running as it looks like it has finished raining (heavily at least) so now we can start the construction. A couple of weeks ago we turned over our 100,000th […]
The end of 500 years Western Domination of our globe we refer to.
When we published our prediction 10 years ago we had few takers.
Now the wind has changed dramatically and we see a general agreement that our generation is highly privileged to witness a rapid shift back to Asian dominance.
Experts agree that future global players […]
Arugam Bay - PottuVil
Following a report of the USAid meeting in PottuVille this afternoon SwissHits has submitted this summary.
Basically, no news.
The locals were impressed with colourful posters of a simple bridge and technical essays.
One hopeful young man asked about maintenance of the old as well as new bridge, hoping to gain a future painting […]
On the Happy Day of Love romantic Ms. Somlak has sent us a rose for all.
She also has her own Thai Home Page:
http://swell.bloggang.com
Arugam.info has received many inquiries about the new bridge.
A Swiss Internet Journalist has sent us the following, simple design today.
We are unable to confirm if Arugam Bay is actually ending up with such a ‘innovative’ road or not.
Maybe USAid can assist?
What happened to tsunami aid from Venezuela? - JVP MP Vijitha Herath
By: Dasun Edrisinghe
Courtesy: The Island - February 10, 2007
JVP MP Vijitha Herath yesterday wanted to know what the government had done with the US dollars 6.2 million it had received from Venezuela as tsunami assistance.
He said the money was collected by the people of […]
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Huge and often updated photo collection from Arugam Bay
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