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		<title>How the world knew Arugam Bay.</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/13/how-the-world-knew-arugam-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; Majority of the world, especially the West got to know about Arugam Bay, only after the 2004 tsunami.
There was a moving episode on America&#8217;s most-popular talk show, the Oprah Winfrey Show where a tsunami survivor Nate Berkus   was interviewed. The Chicago-based interior designer Nate Berkus related his story on television about his vacation going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arugam Bay Tourism in Transition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bernard Goonetilleke
&#8230;..go to Arugam Bay in the east, for an experience of a lifetime in surfing&#8230;&#8230;
Sri Lanka Tourism declared 2011 as &#8216;Visit Sri Lanka Year,&#8217; in June last year.  Former Tourism Minister, Milinda Moragoda, took this forward-looking decision, well before Sri Lanka&#8217;s return to normalcy following the end of the decades-long armed conflict in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surfing Federation of Sri Lanka is born</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/11/surfing-federation-of-sri-lanka-is-born/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surf Culture
Group seeks to make better surfing future for all men and women in Sri Lanka


Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 9 March, 2010 : &#8211; - Long known for its world class waves, tropical seascapes and easy-going people, Sri Lanka has been on the global surfers&#8217; itinerary for over 30 years. Recently, local surfers and surf clubs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcoholics in Arugam Bay</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/08/alcoholics-in-arugam-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[spotted on Earthcape. Text shown:  near Wattegama, Sri Lanka by User_382562
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		<title>Up Early</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/04/up-early/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[spotted on Flickr
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		<title>Magical KumbukRiver unveils a special package for Sri Lankans</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/04/magical-kumbukriver-unveils-a-special-package-for-sri-lankans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magic stopovers on the way to Arugam Bay
Sri Lanka&#8217;s highest awarded resort brand KumbukRiver has just introduced a special rate package that allows more locals to spend a private holiday at its celebrated eco resort on the edge of Yala.  The resort which sells at US$ 250 per  couple for a night, now offers special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arugam. Tourism diversifies</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/03/arugam-tourism-diversifies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[





Coastal tourism, a main attraction among overseas tourists
Tourism industry diversified for rural uplift
Ariya Rubasinghe
Sri Lanka is popular for attracting foreigners since ancient times. Marco Polo described Sri Lanka as “the finest island for its size in all the world”. Tourism has become the most vibrant sector of Sri Lanka following the end of war. Tourist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Dox &#8211; Adrift in Sri Lanka On air: 5 February 2010 13:20 &#8211; 1 March 2010 13:20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Producer Marijke van der Meer was holidaying in Sri Lanka when disaster struck in December 2004. Her personal report from one of the country&#8217;s devastated towns told of the harrowing situation there and the desperate need for aid.

Award winning (Re-) Broadcast on 1st March, 2010
In the southeastern Sri Lankan coastal town of Pottovil &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arugam Bay on YouTube</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/03/01/arugam-bay-on-youtube/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Thank you, Horst &#38; Tina! Arugam Bay&#8217;s German supporters.
Also a special Thank you!
To all the contributing photographers!
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		<title>&#8216;Scribblings from the Surf&#8217; &#8211; : Surfers Saving the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nineth in a series entitled &#8216;Scribblings from the Surf&#8217; for Devon Life. To read the article see the text below or click to enlarge the pictures of the original article below that. To see the whole series, click here.
 
SURFERS SAVING THE WORLD
Barrister and writer Tim Kevan meets two surfers helping to save the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake up to Arugam Bay sun</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/02/28/wake-up-to-arugam-bay-sun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This picture was taken last year and it was in my gallery for sometime. Yet, I am posting it here. As my friend, Fred always says, there is no better place to enjoy the splendor of Indian Ocean than Arugam Bay, one of the best surfing spots in the world!
We camped on the beach and were up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Panama, just 10 miles south of Arugam Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;A walk through a magical island&#8221;
KIRIGALPOTHTHA
Has been to Panama, just 10 miles south of Arugam Bay
The above photo and a few more here were taken towards the lagoon side of Panama Beach. This place is unique as you will seethe sea from the East, lagoon from the North, sand dunes from the South and the village from the West.
http://kirigalpoththa.blogspot.com/2010/02/lagoon.html
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		<title>Oh! How I long to head to Arugam Bay!</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/02/18/oh-how-i-long-to-head-to-arugam-bay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kite Surf Sri Lanka writes, in his blog and on his web site:
Been on this island for 28 years and have travelled a lot but Arugam Bay still remains the best and most exciting place on this island paradise.
Jungle beaches with amazing breaks, winds in the afternoon for some kitesurfing amongst the surfers, the crocodiles and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A true Paradise on Earth. Just 10m South of Arugambay</title>
		<link>http://www.arugam.info/2010/02/18/a-true-paradise-on-earth-just-10m-south-of-arugambay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Panama beach itself was a paradise on earth.



Unspoiled Panama beach


The sand dunes stretching along the beach made us stop our jeep and walk a short distance to the turquoise sea beach which stretched endlessly without a single sign of habitation.
A typical Robinson Crusoe atmosphere.
The pink rocks of Panama stood out at the far end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit Lahugala. 16m West of Arugam. Open all year</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though one of Sri Lanka’s smallest National Parks, Lahugala is still a very important stretch of protected land, as it’s home to Sri Lankan Elephants, who reside mostly around the reservoirs of Lahugala, Kitulana and Sengamuwa – they’ve been feeding in this region for hundreds of years, they like a special grass that grows here.
All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arugambay: Like a Southern beach in its Early day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Muhudu Maha Viharaya &#8211; PottuVille/ Arugambay
From Arugam bay to the pristine beaches of Panama
Sleepy lagoons, sand dunes
It took almost eleven hours from Colombo to Pottuvil on the narrow and winding A4 road along the south east coastline of Sri Lanka.
There were four of us; my husband and two of our friends. So far it had [...]]]></description>
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