last photo in ireland
not sure if its blurred cos i was drunk or cos i hadnt figured out the...
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singapore airport
elaine paige is interviewed in front of 20 bewildered, jet lagged tourists,...
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looking for wells & camps
thats what i did initially, believe it or not, people drank out of this well...
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traipsing through the jungle
hoping to find a forgotten camp
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when it rains here...
it really rains
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goal camp
one of the better organised ones..
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some of the camp residents
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another view of the camp
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the goal banner
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traditional mud hut
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...and another one
quite a few people still live in these..
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a temporary shelter and well
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a concern camp
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a closer view
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a big lighthouse!!!
actually the biggest in south east asia..so there!
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this is the lighthouse keeper
a very wise man....
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Karen & Holly
looking windswept & interesting..
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rebuilding a house destroyed by tsunami
they take health and safetly really seriously in Sri Lanka
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an election rally in Galle
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one of the candidates was speaking..
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the place was crowded
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every view point taken
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someone important is coming...
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holy cr*p!!
Ruben Perez is running for president!!
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VOTE RUBEN!!
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it was actually more like a pop concert
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the view from one of the places i stayed
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sunset in unawatuna
this is where i stayed
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and came home to nearly every evening
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still...
its not as nice as Baldoyle...
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another camp..
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a house contructed by project galle
you can tell how pleased the family are to get it...
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my first cricket game
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this is how it should be played
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..and this is me...
focused, ready...eye of the tiger..
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...and out...
..about 1 minute later..i was so pleased to hit thet ball i forgot to...
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the game is a religion over here..
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the sun dipping
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from a height in unawatuna
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getting ready to watch the sunset
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which ermm...
wasnt that impressive...ah well..
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Nikki in typical pose
pouring herself a glass of arrack (local firewater)
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pretty impressive waves up here
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drinking too much arrack
..can actually cause your feet to shrink!!
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tuc tuc driver in kilkenny jersey
he reckons cork will be the team to beat again next year with galway the best...
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love the signs here
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they dont beat about the bush..
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captured snake
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they kill a few every year
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market day in hikkaduwa
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very colourfull
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and strange smells
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newspaper seller on his tea break
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kids over here..
love having their photo taken
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and so do cops
this guy was talking to some people...but when he saw me with my camera he...
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some tents erected after tsunami
thankfully most are now empty
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Ranga posing as usual!
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another camp
this one on top of a steep hill..on a blistering hot day...
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another view
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Hello, my name is Archie McDougal
welcome to my tea plantation
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this camp was more like a village
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the kids here are real cute
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conditions are still quite basic
but sri lankans keep smiling
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Ranga wearing his favourite hat..
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the driver Quintus by his van
no way was he coming up that hill...
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gratuitous lizard shot
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inside a buddhist monastary
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the artwork was amazing
..and took over 30 years to complete
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it was a very peacefull place
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and down to business
the monk was applying for a house for his niece
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Galle in the evening sun
what you see here is a fort the dutch built when they were here
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the driving in Sri Lnka is crazy
this isnt that unusual a sight..
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Nikki and Namal
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Nikki, Holly and that lighthouse keeper
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Nikki, Namal, ....
you know the drill by now..
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cockney sparrow Nikki...
...except shes from west london....and isnt a sparrow..
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the view from Shangri La
where i stayed for the last few weeks
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no need to uproot that coconut tree
just build around it...
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fishermen bring in a catch
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selling of the catch...
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galle in the distance
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fishermen coming in..
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still evidence of tsunami everywhere
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the new president
im sure he ran in the council elections in ballyjamesduff last year on the...
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a lot of damage remains..
i just hope no one was using the facilities when the wave struck...
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unawatuna
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you see these lizards everywhere
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last day working with the lads..
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going to the monthly devil dance ritual
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supposed to me some kind of repentance
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this guys supposed to be a woman!!
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didnt fool me though....
...for long...
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was a lot of fireworks
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and noise
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and dancing
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and...
..i have no idea what it was all about!
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went to a turtle farm
heres the eggs buried before they hatch
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couple of days old
and trying to get out to the waves..they know by instinct where the sea is
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these little guys are scr*wed already
they're going in the wrong direction
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about 3 years old
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and about 3 months old
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i went to a spice garden
stop yawning at the back...you might actually learn something!!
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banana tree
with bag covering the bananas to keep the monkeys away
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this is where i impress everyone!!
with my botanical knowledge... ...this is a pineapple!!!!
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and ermmm...
this is an arty leaves shot
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and another pineapple!!!
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red flower!
god..im good!
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rice fields
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i kept expecting to hear choppers...
and viet cong to come charging out of the jungle...
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tea plantation manager
giving me the personal tour
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they also harvest rubber here
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the leaves been washed
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and ground down
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and sorted
alll the machinery is over 100 years old
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and looks like...
it came from willie wonkas chocolate factory
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it actually came from belfast!
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obligatory tea tasting
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got to see this old colonial house
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along with the beautifull gardens
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not what you think..
this is actually an old buddhist symbol..
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this house was for sale
for the price of a carpark space in Dublin!!!
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and came with...
4 acres of tea plants
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i loved the old railway track
that ran along the coast
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fishermen on their perches
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they spend all day there...
..still, beats working in IT!!!
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Danuscha - my tuc tuc driver
probably smiling cos i gave him a big tip
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Ossama!
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some people drinking
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i dont approve...
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rush hour in Galle
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evening walkers
along the old fort wall
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was a hazy evening
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street where the project was located
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the old fort entrance
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and from the other side
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boats in for the evening
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galle cricket ground
international cricket games were played here until tsunami
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last shot of the fort
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the most i saw was 5 on a bike!!!
..and none wearing helmets!!
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main shopping street in galle
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evening fish traders
dont think the photo captures all the flies!
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some of the guys from the project
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think this was in lucky tuna
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the project local
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ranga posing for the girls..
the man could make a fortune as a michael jackon look alike
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did i ever tell about the time...
i met michael jackson!
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shangri la
my home for a while
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had to slum it here for a while as well
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Galle train station
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wonderfully ramshackle
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still old fashioned
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from the colonial days
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apparantly the brits were here once
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another one of those signs
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if a monk gets on...
people wil give up their seat!
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adams peak
the holiest mountain in Sri Lanka...after a 3 hour hike starting at 3 in the...
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the clouds parted just in time..
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you could see for miles
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no words needed really..
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theres yer man again...
ruining the view
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then the clouds closed in...
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and we started the long trek back
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still great views through the mist
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and a waterfall
that went all the way down the mountain
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Kandy
old town in the mountains
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spent a day there
was great to get out of the humidity after 2 months..
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fabric painter
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old war cemetery in Kandy
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obligatory elephant ride before i left!
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in the airport with mixed feelings...
heres the entire flights schedule out of columbo airport that night!!
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