by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 5, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
Mare and I sip beers on a deserted Caribbean-like beach in Passekudah, northern Sri Lanka. This area has only been accessible for the past four years, after the end of the civil war. “We get along with the northern people naturally,” Dahn...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 4, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
Dahn drives us through densely populated, jungle covered mountains. His eyes beam with a smile when talking about Sri Lanka. “We have everything here, like paradise.” He stops the car while monkeys come to the road. “People should never feed wildlife. Now they get hit...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 3, 2013 | Asia, Sri Lanka
A man takes my backpack at the Ocean Front Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. “I am your butler,” he says. Mare and I look at each other, dumfounded. She has a butler too. They bring beers and fresh fruit to our room. In the evening, they bring us prawn curry with many side...
by ronmitchelladventure | Apr 23, 2013 | Asia, Europe, Iceland, India
Finally, Mare and I hit the road again…after six months in Phoenix taking care of business, we are ready for six months of adventure travel! Getting our final series of Japanese Encephalitis, and Rabies vaccinations, not to mention Typhoid and Yellow Fever shots, we...