Sri Lanka gets Thrashed in Cricket World Cup

Sri Lanka Overview

Just in case you don't know Sri Lanka is a small tropical island that lies off the southern tip of India. It's surrounded by warm seas (getting ever hotter due to global warming), has stunning beaches and is home to the likes of elephants, leopards, crocodiles, monkeys and cricket fanatics.

The Cricket Club Colombo

Sri Lanka A Nation of Cricket Fanatics

Sri Lanka is an island obsessed by cricket, they play it everywhere and I do mean everywhere. If you take a backpacking tour of Sri Lanka keep an eye out for the cricket maniacs, check out the beaches, the jungle clearings and watch out for flying cricket balls amongst the traffic in the busy streets of Colombo. As a nation they are fiercely proud of their cricket team that's why everyone turned out to watch the T20  World cup match on Saturday. Giant screens were erected in some of the more populated cities like Colombo and popular beach resorts such as Negombo and people arrived in truck loads

Sri Lanka Defending Champions Get Thrashed!

On Saturday evening the defending champions Sri Lanka or under dogs as they had decided to call themselves played England. Sri Lanka had to win to stay in the competition and the atmosphere around the big screens (and small ones) was tense. England put on a really good show and batted first.

As Sri Lanka came out to bat the crowds went wild with excitement. There was singing and dancing, drum playing and much drinking of Arrack and extra strong beer.  Huge cheers went up for Dilshan as he came out to save them, everyone had been so upset when he was dismissed against the West Indies with claims it had been an unfair dismissal that cost them the match, now he was here to win for them.  2 runs later and everyone was crying in their Arrack as Dilshan left the field. England went on to thrash Sri Lanka and took one step closer to winning.

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Sri Lanka Cries Over Cricket Defeat

Backpacking Sri Lanka  & The Cricket T20

Anybody backpacking Sri Lanka at the moment will be having a really interesting experience!  Power cuts, Scorching heat and the T20 Cricket world cup are gripping the nation.

 Exceptionally high temperatures continue to boil us, causing dehydration, headaches and extreme exhaustion and making any kind of travelling down right uncomfortable. Add to that power cuts across the country depriving people of much needed air conditioning, small guest houses/hotels without back up generators are to hot to sleep in and some restaurants are having to close. Those restaurants and bars that remain open are hyped up with cricket fever.

If you were BACKPACKING in Negombo last night would have seen the huge screens set up for the T20 match that was between West Indies and Sri Lanka. Although Sri Lanka are the defending champions, for some strange reason the Sri Lankan team are calling themselves the under dogs and not the defending champions. Why?

Sri Lanka Thrashed by Windies

Whatever, they choose to call themselves the fact is they got absolutely THRASHED by the west Indies who didn't even use their star player Chris Gayle in their batting side. His absence was really missed by the crowds who screamed and shouted for him to come on the pitch unaware he had an injury and wasn't going to play unless needed. Instead Fletcher came on and thumped a few for 6 and 4.

Sri Lankans Cry in their Extra Strong Beer

Sri Lanka were crappy fielding and didn't have luck on their side, as a result they were demolished and the Sri Lankans wept as their dreams of remaining the champions faded. Many Sri Lankans are still crying in their lion lager over the dismissal of Dilshan claiming it was definitely a bad call, sorry guys but I think it was fair, whats more if you are relying on just one man to put you through to the finals  and you can't catch the ball then you really aren't a championship team.

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Hottest January Ever in Sri Lanka!

No Power, No Booze, Scorching Heat. Welcome to Backpacking Sri Lanka! 

Sunday the 13th March 2016 another seriously hot day in Sri Lanka with temperatures in the 30's across the country. The high humidity and lack of any breeze gave it a much higher temperature feel leaving us all drained and exhausted. It was definitely not a day for backpacking across Sri Lanka using non air conditioned buses or 3rd class train carriages! (In my guide book to  Backpacking Sri Lanka, I give you information about the different buses and trains as well as tips for how to combat the heat exhaustion).

The only thing I wanted to do was find a nice hotel bar with air conditioning and a view of the ocean and have a nice cold beer. Unfortunately for me it was a national mourning day for a respected monk, this meant no alcohol or fresh meat could legally be sold anywhere in the country.

It looked like I would have to settle for a juice and air conditioned view, that's when they cut the power. The whole of Sri Lanka was without electricity. The few shops and hotels that had emergency generators were okay, everyone else was left to suffer in the heat. We waited and waited and waited for the power to come back on. As night fell and still there was no power, kids were crying, parents were upset and exhausted, those that could took refuge from the heat and headed for their cars to sleep in the air conditioning.

Global Warming Shuts Off Power in Lanka

For months now Sri Lanka has been seriously suffering from the effects of global warming, in particular the El Nino effect which increases the temperature of the oceans and raises global temperatures (I talk more about the weather in my guide to Backpacking Sri Lanka) this has turned Sri Lanka into a hot zone and is completely messing up the weather patterns.

Hottest Jauary Ever!

This year Sri Lanka experienced the hottest January ever recorded (source NASA), the unusually high temperatures have meant that the reservoirs and rivers are drying up and Sri Lanka is unable to generate sufficient hydro power to supply the island. The Governments solution is to cut the power supply to everyone. Seriously, I don't understand why no one has thought to switch to SOLAR POWER. Sri Lanka has 365days of sunshine am I missing something here?
You can read more on Global Warming in Sri Lanka at http://roar.lk/environment-wildlife/warming-indian-ocean-brewing-storm-sri-lanka/

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Get Lucky in Love with an Aquamarine

We have Always Loved Gems!

For centuries men have coveted and women have desired precious and semi precious gemstones. Steeped in myth magic and mysticism gems have enthralled and captivated us. Gemstones have been linked with healing and power since records began, each stone having a different healing power and associated with a particular month in the year when it’s power is at it’s peak.

The First Birthstone Chart

In 1912  the American National Association of Jewelers adopted the modern birthstone list detailing the stones  for each month.  The gemstone birth chart does vary across the world so not every month has an identical stone.

Sri Lanka is a gem producing country most famous for the beautiful dark blue sapphires like the one Prince Charles gave lady Dianna on their Engagement. PRINCESS DIANA’S famous oval cut 18 carat blue sapphire is surrounded by 16 small diamonds in a cluster setting. The ring is now worn by the beautiful Duchess Catherine, who is making the sapphire popular all over again.

Aquamarine For March Babes

According to the Gem association of Sri Lanka Aquamarine is the birthstone for March. Aquamarine named after the colour of the sea can be found in 2 colour tones, you can get light sea green aquamarine which was hugely popular in the 19^th century or sky blue aquamarine. The sky blue aquamarine is the more valuable today. 

Aquamarine Improves Your Love Life!

The very pretty Aquamarine stone has been linked to lovers in many ways, whether as a gift to be given by the groom to the bride or to be given by husbands to rekindle the flames of passion. Perhaps the funniest power attributed to the stone is that of  it’s power to make the owner invincible in battle! So the next  you need to spice up your love life or you have an argument to win, go buy an aquamarine!
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