Archive for April, 2007

Peaceful Bay

Arugam.info is happy to confirm that all is well and quiet in sunny Arugambay.
We are lucky to report that the entire area is in NO Way affected by recent events in the North and West.
We are happy; No! Indeed we are: Overwhelmed! to see, suddenly, many new visitors coming to us from Colombo to celebrate […]



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#50 Siam View Hotel -SVH-

The Siam View Hotel

The facade appears rather ramshackle and unattractive, but this hotel has the honour of being the oldest wooden construction on the east coast of Sri Lanka and as such is on the National Heritage list of protected buildings. Go behind the facade and you will make a few interesting discoveries, not least […]



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Surfer’s Paradise

Arugam Bay – A Paradise for Surfer

Anyone crossing the old bridge will realise immediately that Arugam Bay, if only because of its unique weather conditions, is an ideal holiday location. This particular corner of the island is protected from the west monsoon by the natural barrier of the mountain ridge around Monaragala and the great […]



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Rocco’s Blog

Archive for the ‘Arugam Bay-East Coast-Sri Lanka - Safety’ Category

Safety Update 5
Monday, October 9th, 2006
The area has returned to its normal cycle of life & laid back beach feel. The recent announcement of recommencing Peace talks later this month has injected a sense of optimism.
A few adventurous travellers and surfers have returned the surf has […]



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PottuVille Politics ….

ISSN: 1391 - 0531

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Vol. 41 - No 48

News

Pottuvil’s pot pouri simmers
Allegations of dominance and resultant discrimination among the three communities are creating undercurrents of racial tension
Rohan Abeywardena reporting […]



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Landmark Bridge

This is what we call a true Landmark bridge, here in France:
 
Of course one cannot compare Sir Norman Foster’s great work of Engineering Art with the low budget, simple and very short span Arugam Bay USAid  bridge construction effort.
Is this,above, a not a careful blend between nature and progress?
Was it yet another BIG chance the […]



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A great Guy

Philip Nicholas
An entrepreneur in Sri Lanka
John Pollock
Friday December 31, 2004
The Guardian

Four years ago Philip Nicholas, who has died, aged 53, in the tsunami that hit Sri […]



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Annual Rapport

AbHa -Arugam Bay Hotel Association (est. 1999) usually publishes its annual report on 31st March.
This year, 2007, we dismissed the more appropriate idea of posting our views and experiences on the troubled Eastern Coast on April Fools Day, 1st April, 2007.
Following the impressive WW1 style air show at our int. airport recently, that is.
And the […]



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Waiting for the BIG swell

…well, but not the VERY big one a la 2004…… of course.

Arugam Bay’s surfing season has a slow, late start this year.
The political situation does not exactly help; and surfers are never irritated - but right now at Easter we have as good as no waves; the sea is very calm:
Very unusual for this time […]



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James Morris thinks

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

I have an affection for Sri Lanka (See yesterday’s posts) having travelled to the country twice, in 1990 and in 1999. In 1990 I travelled around the Island, as a student researcing and writing an article for a magazine on the long civil war that has been fought between the Sinhalese majority […]



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History

December 29th, 2004, 08:59 AM
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adamspeak

December 30th, 2004, 04:42 PM
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adamspeak

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