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10 Millionen Bäume in 5 Jahren –
Sri Lanka will Co2 neutral werden
Frankfurt/Colombo Mai 2008: Zehn Millionen Bäume will der Rotary Club von Sri Lanka in den kommenden fünf Jahren als Beitrag zum Klimaschutz pflanzen. […]



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Leaving Arugam Bay: 25th May, 2008 10:00 hrs. (arr. Colombo 20:00)
Leaving Colombo/Airport: 28th May, 2008, 10:00 hrs. (arr. AbaY 18:30)
(Operated by a somewhat more modern version of the above ‘Mini Bus’ of course!)
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Puh! It’s Hot!

April is known to be the hottest month in Sri Lanka.
The weather at Arugam Bay is much more moderate, but DEMIRA (German Mine Clearer’s) have been impressed with an innovative, cheap method of roof insulation.
When they were active in the Bay, DEMIRA staff documented this Eco-friendly idea:

One Surfer dude’s empty water bottles/per holiday
Problem:
1.) Far too […]



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Free Natural Beer Offer

Happy Tamil & Singhala NEW YEAR!
There is no more Tiger on the East Coast!
(South Eastern Pacific Breweries appear to have supply problems)

A Local Product, recently Exported to the UK:
(Said to have run into trouble with authorities on arrival in the UK)

Famous Arugam Beers
Still on draft @ Arugam Bay!

AbaY’s New Year Offer:
Cut out this image, […]



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Future of Arugam Main Street

The Future of Arugam Bay Beach Drive is being decided by guys like USAID.
Present plans appear to favour the construction of a fast, through road. Results?

Option #B might look something like this:

Or, Option #C like this:

Or would you prefer Option #D; something like this scene?

Right now it still looks like something this; true it does […]



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Arugam Bay Water Tower

One more Tower - One more Land Mark!
At picturesque Arugam Bay.

Between #61 Fishing Net and #62 Palmgrove Holiday Inn a new, large project is being constructed at present.
Just South of our “City Centre”, landside, USAID and their sub contractors are well under way to build a new Water Tower and supply system.
This project seems swift […]



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Panama, Kumana

SRI LANKA: War-affected forest community gets new lease of life
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Arugam Bay Master Plan

Rebuilding Sri Lanka for Tourists:
A Report on the Latest Situation
Movement for National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR), Sri Lanka
After the December 2004 tsunami struck, devastating the countries of South and Southeast Asia, the Sri Lankan government moved quickly to announce the launch of a grand plan not just to rehabilitate the affected areas […]



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Virtual Globe Trotting: Sri Lanka

January 22nd, 2008
One of my greatest wishes and goals in life is to travel around the world and explore. I would like to have what I call little mini adventures. I love the sense of freedom you get when you travel. Like you can leave all the other stuff in your life at home and […]



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Early Warning

Radio messages to warn of natural disasters
by Nilma Dole
Three years after the tsunami, a natural disaster satellite alert system is now ready to help warn last-mile rural villages on natural disaster emergencies. The Addressable Radio for Emergency Alert (AREA) is a digital satellite device that uses simple radio technology, delivering messages […]



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Solid Houses

On the event of re-advertised vacancy of project manager (see Comment below), this post is hereby re-published:
Still, there is not one real good development at Arugambay to report.
But, at nearby PottuVille, the Dutch Solid House Foundation is getting on very well with their Tropical Iglu project.

Build to a high standard, mainly for Tamils in a […]



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2007 Capture Competition

The grand Arugam Bay photo Competition price of 2007 remains unclaimed!
Even a regular visitor to the Bay, having won 2 weeks Free B&B for two in an a/c suite, did not visit the Bay this year. It has never been as quiet as this before!
AbHa has decided to extent the offer to redeem for one […]



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