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6° 50′ 60 n  of Panama: And on a Parallel with ArugamPublishedby Fred
on 07/02/2010
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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’
Arugam Bay DevelopmentsPublishedby Peter
on 29/01/2010
in From our own Correspondent, Ideas, Money Matters, accomodation, front page, guesthouse, hotels and restaurants
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A new project is under construction near PottuVille Point.
PottuVille Point is being developed
It seems that a new hotel/restaurant is being build on this beautiful coconut estate.

Overlooking the Indian Ocean, facing the Bay of Arugam.

According to local contractors and workers, #01 Stardust owners are branching out to this new location. Other say, an English family are behind this development.

Great spot! Where else on this island could such a fine, unspoiled location be found?
The Young hoteliers. Arugam.infoPublishedby NetFinder
on 17/01/2010
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
ARUGAM BAY- SRI LANKA
Arugam Bay is located 220 km due East of Colombo. It is a popular surfing and tourist destination in Sri Lanka. I’ve been to Arugam Bay before in its tourist season and it’s an absolute beauty. The waves the wind and everything was so perfect. However in the raining season it’s not the case; you cannot even go out because of the rain. In the raining season it’s very hard to find a day without any rain. Thanks to a weather forecasting website I was able to find a day without any rain. It was June 2009 nearly four and a half years after Sri Lanka was hit by the Tsunami in 2004, and surprisingly Arugam Bay is one of the very first coasts to get hit by the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.This time I visited the place to see how it progress after Tsunami.


Many of the buildings were destroyed in the 2004 tsunami. The post Tsunami recovery has by and large been very quick despite the remoteness of the area. Many NGO’s and private organisations have help rebuild the area and some of the guest houses are now much better than before the wave. Both north and south of Arugam Bay there are undoubtedly some of the most beautiful beaches in the whole of Sri Lanka.Due to its popularity among tourists they are managed a slow recovery by private initiatives only.


The main beach is Clean now, it was bit dirty as it is used as a garbage dump by some Continue reading ‘The Young hoteliers. Arugam.info’
AbaY Hotel nominated for Best of British AwardPublishedby NetFinder
on 07/01/2010
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Nominated for the Best of British Award by the Daily Telegraph, London
The SVH on the Surfer’s Bay of Arugam. Established 1977 by a devout CAMRA member. The “Siam View” is still run by the same Manx expat and his family to this day. Despite the 30 war years and 2004 Tsunami this place never once closed its doors for even one single day. Home of more than a dozen all natural draft beers.  Continue reading ‘AbaY Hotel nominated for Best of British Award’
Tsunami drill on Dec 26Publishedby NetFinder
on 26/12/2009
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Dharma Sri Abeyratne
A suitable choice of date for a Tsunami drill?
A tsunami preparedness rehearsal will be held on December 26, Saturday at 3.00 p.m. in 10 districts, Disaster Management Centre  		Director General Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi said.
Original 1999 Hotel sign. File photo
Tsunami preparedness rehearsals are held from time to time in various  		areas along the coastal belt so as to make the public aware regarding  		natural disasters which bring much havoc to human beings and resources.
Under this Tsunami preparedness exercise a single town has been  		selected from 10 districts amounting to 10 towns. The towns are Gampaha,  		Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Puttalam, Galle, Kalutara, Matara, Ampara, Hambantota and Colombo. Under this drill people will be evacuated from  		the selected 10 towns to places of safety identified earlier.
Arugambay Travels and Tours in ColomboPublishedby NetFinder
on 04/12/2009
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Promo file photo
(Colombo Lankapuvath December 03) –Arugambay Travels and Tours (Pvt) Ltd have opened a new office at a prime location in the heart of Colombo’s commercial area yesterday (02). Since the operations started in 2004 the company was involved in promoting Tourism to the East which is the prime intention.
Although the plans were delayed due to the situation of the country during the past few years now they are pleased to have been able pursue with the targets.
They are fully geared to serve from the new location at Deal Place Colombo 03. May it be local or foreign tourists; Arugambay will serve all of them with more emphasis on introducing new and exotic locations to visitors.  Continue reading ‘Arugambay Travels and Tours in Colombo’
ARUGAMBAY’s NEW OFFICEPublishedby NetFinder
on 04/12/2009
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Daily Mirror Business News
The new office of Arugambay Travels and Tour was declared open on Wednesday by Minister of Tourism Promotion Faiszer Musthapha  at No. 20,Deal Place, Colombo 3.Deputy Minister of Higher Education Minister M.M. Musthoha Advisor to the President A.H.M.Aswer, Secretary Ministry of Tourism Promotion George Michael, President Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sri Lanka Kosala Wickramanayake, Partner Arugambay Travels and Tours and Arugambay Travels Hotels Mark John Scannell, Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority Bernard Goonetilleke and members of the business community were present at the inauguration. Continue reading ‘ARUGAMBAY’s NEW OFFICE’
Arugam Bay, There and dragged back againPublishedby NetFinder
on 23/11/2009
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An excellent video clip!

and great, fitting sounds.Produced by talented young Sri Lankans
Submitted on 2009/11/24 at 12:42pm
It looks like Jerry’s clip (http://thejester100.wordpress.com/). The guys in the clip are me (www.indi.ca) and Halik (http://abdulhalik.wordpress.com/). I posted my impressions here:

http://indi.ca/2009/11/south-along-the-east-coast/
We love A-Bay very much, thanks for what you’re doing
Remark from all of us at  arugam.info:

Thank YOU – for your contribution and kind words!

Big profit from nature protectionPublishedby NetFinder
on 15/11/2009
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By Richard Black

Environment correspondent, BBC News website
…….The project’s initial tranche of work focussed on forests, finding that the ongoing loss of forest comes with an annual pricetag of US $2-5 trillion, dwarfing the banking crisis.
The new analysis takes the economists to the undersea realms of fisheries and coral reefs…………
 
Societies gain financially from leaving forests intact rather than clearing them
 Money invested in protecting nature can bring huge financial returns, according to a major investigation into the costs and benefits of the natural world.
It says money ploughed into protecting wetlands, coral reefs and forests can bring a hundredfold return on capital.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity study (Teeb) is  Continue reading ‘Big profit from nature protection’
Day 1 – Arugam BayPublishedby NetFinder
on 08/11/2009
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To Batticaloa
We took the 7.15 train to Batticaloa from Colombo Fort, which seems to be the place from where most of our travels begin. It is also possible to get to Arugam Bay via Ampara but spending  11 hours in a bus wasn’t exactly our idea of fun.
The train ride is long. We only got to Batti at 5 am. It stopped at various places for no apparent reason. Traveling on a Sunday night in second class will get you double seats for yourself. But, unless you are a midget, you’d be hard pressed to get some comfortable sleep. Tickets are Rs. 500. Its a longass train ride that takes you through Habarana and Polonnaruwa seemingly just to avoid the hill country.
At Batti, following the guidance of Lonely Planet we visited a very mediocre looking dutch fort. The general architecture of Batti is reminiscent of South India. There aren’t many trees but the ones there are have been colonized by pigeons, with very bad bathroom habits.
We ate at a restaurant called Hotel Thameemy at the end of main street. We had Parata and pol rotti with potato curry, pol sambol and beef. The food was excellent.
To Arugam BayThe ride to Arugam Bay was in three stages. Batti to Kalmunai, Kalmunai to Akkaraipattu and Akkaraipattu to Pottuvil. The landscape is dry and arid. Its got a strange beauty about it.
The first two stages were in hot buses. We had interesting chats with the driver on the second stretch. The roads are being developed at a rate and this provides a lot of employment to area residents. On the stretch from Akkaraipattu to A’bay we took a tuk tuk. This cost us around Rs. 1300. We recommend you take the bus.
Eating and Sleeping in A’Bay
We stayed at Sooriyas, the only place in Sri Lanka (pending verification) where accommodation can be gotten for 200 bucks per person. The room comes complete with bathroom, fan and fresh linen. The host, Asraff, is friendly and a good cook. Food is billed for separately though and if you’re looking for ultra cheap meals then Alira’s, a few meters north on the beach side, is a good option.
Peanut farmWe rented 3 push bikes and biked over to Peanut Farm. Bikes can be gotten from Hakeem’s for 300 rupees a day. Peanut farm is a surfing point that is roughly 8kms south of Arugam Bay. Its got beautiful deserted beaches and some interesting looking rocks on to the right side with some caves in them.
The road heads through fields flanked by thick dry zone forest. Elephants are said to haunt the roadsides after dark and we had a close encounter with one on the way back. It gave us the stink eye. We assume there is rap music involved somewhere.
This post might be a bit delayed because we are currently using internet that apparently uses smoke signals and monkeys overdosing on Acid for transmission provided by the dude over at indi.ca via dialog. Phone reception is particularly good with most areas covered by that operator.
source:


http://sinhalayatravels.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/day-1-arugam-bay/
Windsurfing Arugam BayPublishedby NetFinder
on 27/10/2009
in Blogs, Ideas, Kitesurf, people, surf and the bay
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Sri Lanka is blessed with the azure waters of the Indian Ocean, which lap the entire 1,585 kilometres of the coastline. This, together with the two seasonal monsoons that hit each side of the island at different times of the year, means that water sports such as Windsurfing can be indulged in at any time.
Windsurfing began in America sometime in the early 70s after the discovery that a mast located on a swivelling pivot could be used to steer a small sailing craft by using body weight instead of a rudder. The first boards made their way to Sri Lanka in the late 70s, when a group of Swedish holidaymakers decided to try to bring them along on vacation. After this more and more tourists started bringing boards, some of which were intentionally left behind. It was these boards that west coast locals used to learn the sport for themselves. Continue reading ‘Windsurfing Arugam Bay’
Games to play at Arugam BayPublishedby NetFinder
on 25/10/2009
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Kite Surfing
Keshini Hapugoda might be Sri Lanka’s first female kite surfer. The 28-year-old IT consultant loves to surf and dive, and kite surfing is her latest passion. A few weekends with an instructor in Negombo have helped her learn the basics of kite surfing and while she’s sticking to the shallows now, she’s hoping to head into deeper water soon.




Dilsiri Welikala is already comfortable out at sea. “It’s an amazing feeling, harnessing the power of the wind to propel yourself along,” he says. He talks of skimming along the water for hours at a time and of chance encounters with pods of dolphins. Though he needs a little help getting his 10 square metre kite up, once that’s done and the lines and harness are secured, he’s good to go.
“Your kite becomes like an airplane wing,” says Dilsiri, explaining that he controls the direction of his kite by changing the angle of his board. Kite surfers are slaves to the winds and will drive many hours to catch the right kind. As a result, this group has been all over the island, from Puttalam to Arugam Bay. Continue reading ‘Games to play at Arugam Bay’
Arugam. A top designer label. Or just a Flop-Flip?Publishedby NetFinder
on 03/07/2009
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Arugam Bay Thongs
www.Arugambaytravels.net/: Press ReleasePublishedby NetFinder
on 29/06/2009
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http://www.arugambaytravels.net/
Gold Coast copies AbaY reef break?Publishedby NetFinder
on 21/06/2009
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Ken Lambert
A different take on the reef is given by Gold Coast surfers who put the idea of a reef down to Ken Lambert a Gold Coast electrician who dreamed that it might be possible to create a break like Arugam Bay in Sri Lanka.
Ken had some diagrams drawn up and submitted them to Gold Coast Council in 1998. Continue reading ‘Gold Coast copies AbaY reef break?’
Cruise ship to Arugam Bay?Publishedby NetFinder
on 21/06/2009
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The Island Newspaper
The long anticipated Tourism boom is yet to arrive after        the end of the Civil War in Sri Lanka. While we wholeheartedly want        tourism to succeed and contribute to the National Economy, I would like to        draw the attention of the general public and the authorities to a much        neglected aspect of the tourism industry.
The locals are denied Cruise ship voyages and Theme Park        entertainment right here in Sri Lanka unless they can afford to visit        places like Singapore or Malaysia. Continue reading ‘Cruise ship to Arugam Bay?’