A herd of elephants that roamed into Hulannuge village caused extensive damage to a house and destroyed home garden crops, at 13th mile post on Siyambalanduwa- Potuvil road, residents said.
(This location is about 15 Minutes due West of Arugam Bay on the main road to / from Colombo)
an earlier incident
One of the jumbos had pulled down a wall and had gulped a stock of paddy and Kurakkan, a resident said. The owner of the house said the damage caused to the house was estimated at more than Rs. 200,000. The residents of the area had made a complaint in this regard to the Wildlife Conservation Office at Lahugala.
By U.Wijesinghe
THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST 2011 00:19
http://print.dailymirror.lk/news/provincial-news/54174.html
I have decided that Arugam Bay is, so far, my favorite place in Sri Lanka. The first day I arrived, I took a long walk on the beach and on the way back, the sun was starting to set.
Arugam Bay Beach. file photo arugam.info
If I believed in God, (not sure), I would be convinced that I had witnessed the gates of heaven opening. I have never seen anything as magnificent as the sun rays going up toward the sky and the clouds outlined in gold. The picture does it no justice but of course I didn’t have my camera with me!d so my friend took the picture but a moment late. The sunrises were almost equal. (All the pictures are on Facebook and Snapfish if anyone wants to see them.)
I am quite fortunate with my work these days, not because I am doing so much but because I don’t seem to have Continue reading ‘My favorite place? Is Arugam Bay’
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Kitesurfing is an extreme that has just got off the ground in Sri Lanka. The sport itself is just over 15 years old and numerous developments have occurred increasing the performance and safety of kites. Faith Kiteboarding are a high quality brand that has constantly redesigned kites on a yearly basis to suite the requirements of today’s riders.
The ‘Jump Event’ was more straight forward where Kiters had two opportunities to Jump the longest distance. There was no restriction on the kite size. The results for the respective events are as follows; Continue reading ‘Kite Friends of Arugam Bay’
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I’ve seen the Full Moon rising….
A beautiful Full Moon above Arugam Bay.Night, 25th June2010
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April Fools Day!!!
Obviously, the Corona / Caruna Beer post has been a Fools Day joke.
Did YOU really fall for it?
The German tourists can now visit tourist landmarks in the Eastern Province such as Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara and Arugam Bay as Germany has eased its travel advisory further.
German Ambassador Jens Ploetner, just back from an Eastern tour of tour states that the East has its own charm and has vast tourist potential yet to be tapped.
German Ambassador to Sri Lanka. Herr Jens Ploetner
“Following extensive travel in the Eastern Province we have discovered that no specific security threat exists for tourists anymore,” he commented and added that he witnessed large-scale ongoing infrastructure development work. However, the economic conditions of many residents especially of former IDPs still remain bleak, Ambassador Ploetner stated.
“I hope development of tourist-industry in the Province will create new job opportunities substantially.”
Making an observation of the overall increase of foreign travel to Sri Lanka Ambassador Ploetner said “the numbers of German tourists have increased over 50 percent in comparison with last year. This no doubt is due to the dawn of peace. I am hopeful that Sri Lanka could once again be a prime destination for German tourists.”
source:
http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/03/18/news13.asp
Arugam Bay 'City' Centre and view to Main Surf Point
This is a rare photo taken from a new Telecom Tower.
(Credits to Alex – Facebook)
Shown is Arugam Bay’s ‘City’ Centre.
The #50 SVH can be seen in front
The sand bank behind and lagoon formation is an annual event.
And has since disappeared.
Main Surf Point is shown in the top rhd corner
Arugam.info hopes to have a permanent Surf/Weather Web Cam installed on this brilliant viewpoint location
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We’ve found it! Here it is!
Found it! The M.P. "Holy Grail"
A Green and Happy place on Earth.
A true, unspoiled ecological sanctuary.
Just North of famous PANAMA!
A place where Green issues still count
A place with zero Carbon emissions
A place of unique Biological diversity
A place for tolerance of social divisions
A place with strong social networks of friends, families and neighbours
“A place where people say they have a simpler, less materialistic life, more in tune with nature.”
Could this paradise be Arugam Bay?
Too good to be true….
Because this place also is:
- A place where Money is poured into books and education. Not Bullets
- A place with Fair and peaceful Presidential Elections
- A place with no Army at all. Ever since 1949
- And, perhaps best of all: A forgiving place where….
- ….A popular piece of philosophy… says:
- “No argument or quarrel should last more than three days”
Here the 6th Parallel seems to end ;-(
What is the BBC talking about, if not Sri Lanka and the peaceful East?
Here is the answer, and perhaps also a model for all of us: Continue reading ’6° 50′ 60 n of Panama: And on a Parallel with Arugam’
Sri Lanka: a small universe with great potential
Welcome to your new post, Herr Botschafter!
– German Ambassador Herr Jens Uwe Plotner -
With the security situation in the country rapidly improving with the collapse of the LTTE in May this year, Germany has further relaxed travel restrictions imposed on German nationals visiting Sri Lanka.
The German Embassy said that a long standing travel advisory had been eased enabling German tourists to visit Yala National Park and Arugam Bay. Continue reading ‘Germany mentions Arugam Bay (!)’
Bank of Ceylon limits ATM transactions in PottuVille to 20K Rs./
Automatic Teller Machine @ BoC PottuVille
Bank of Ceylon opened the refurbished PottuVille branch this morning
Good news for the nearby resort of Arugam Bay!
The first ever ATM machine in the South East! Better still:
It even seems to be working!
More photos from the opening ceremony and same same afternoon, see below:
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Bank of Ceylon limits ATM transactions in PottuVille to 20K Rs./
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The star of the BoC show: A new ATM
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BoC PottuVille and local school girl
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BoC Customers
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PottuVille branch opening ceremony
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Automatic Teller Machine @ BoC PottuVille
related articles:
Uptown Top Banking. The Bank of Ceylon’s old, original BoC branch in PottuVille
Take a look at the old, historic ledger photos:
http://www.arugam.info/2006/11/18/uptown-top-banking/
Did YOU know?
The Bank of Ceylon actually HAD one Branch at Arugam Bay. Until 2004. When they simply ‘checked out’ without paying for outstanding rent and damages. Tsunami affected reported at the time, Asian Tribune etc. carried the story:
http://www.arugam.info/2007/05/14/no-more-abay-bank/
Not our new web cam, but this is what AbaY beach looks like today:
2nd August 2009, 13:00hrs.
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