Mood: Cheerful Playing: Happy Birthday to me!Hey sorry I haven't been posting for awhile - mostly because life has been quite uneventful lately - just watching tv, and surfing the net and plain hanging around.Next week I'm going to stay over at my cousin's place so that should be fun! It's my cousin's birthday on Tues - gonna be 15- so they might celebrate it! Oh btw - its my b'day today - yay -i'm 19! I won't be doing anything with my friends today though because most of they have either gone on holiday or live overseas out of term time :(. Never mind, i'll probably just have a nice celebration with my family - a nice meal and go see a movie or something.I got 3 e-cards today from my family! Yay! And my b-day present I had got earlier - a blue saphirre ring from Sri Lanka - plus I might get a table tennis table since I've got quite addicted to the sport! Lol!I'll try to post again soon! Bye
Hi everyone, I got back from Dubai yesterday evening. I had a great time on my two weeks holiday. Stayed for 10 nights in Taj Exotica Resort which was a magnificient hotel perched on a large granite rock and overlooking the beach. We swam in the pool, played table tennis, carrom, darts and I even beat my dad in a game of pool (shock!).
We were on full board which meant we could have a buffet meals 3 times a day - but we also had a special arrangement - because we are veggies - so that we could ask the chef to make us other dishes as well.
We didn't go on many tours in the end because the 24 hour journey to our resort left us feeling too tired to go on any more long trips along the island - tho it was a shame that I never got to visit the elephant orphanage - but not that bad because I have seen many elephants when I went to Kenya.
However, we did go on some short excursions - like to a herbal garden where they tried to seell us everything in the store - a devil dancing mask museum -and a turtle hatchery (baby turtles are soo cute - but shame that their pools are so crowded).
The people in Sri Lanka were very nice and we were always approached by locals willing to show us around the area. One guy even showed us around he is village and then took us to his father's friends house to have some fresh coconut water!
Oh we also visited a moonstone mine where we ending up buying three saphire rings. A large blu saphire for my dad, a red saphire for my mum with diamonds and a small blue saphire ring with two small diamonds for me.
Since it was low season - the beach was not large because the tide was in and the sea had a stong undercurrent so was not safe to swim in - but even though it was the off season the hotel was completely full - no rooms available!
Then we stay for 4 nights in Dubai in the Fairmont Hotel - this hotel was so modern and the designs were fantastic. They lit up the building a night which made it look spectacular. On the first night there we went to Meena Bazaar where all the Indian shops are. But even a night it was so hot - about 38C!. Well, I guess we did visit at the hottest time.
We used to have very large breakfasts here - museli and a smoothie, toast and tea, some arabic bread with hummous, olives and cheeses and maybe some fruit - but this didn't match the size of the Arabs' meals!
The next day was spent in one of Dubai's (and the Middle East's) largest shopping malls - called City Centre. Although clothes were the same prices as in London, the electronic goods were nearly half the price - so we bought a dvd player, a webcam, a microphone, two pc games and a radio contolled helicopter for my bro.
On the third day we visited some reletives and in the afternoon we went on a desert safari. This involved dune bashing - where you drive up and down the dunes on a jeep - a bit like a rollercoster though it wasn't scary. After we stopped to watch the sunset we were taken to the camp where we had our evening meal and watched belly dancing and even got to try out some sandboarding. My parents and my bro did well but I think I got too nervous -I don't like heights - so I kinda lost my balanced and when down in a crouched position.
The final day we visted a partner hotel - Le Meridien Min Seyahi to see the beach. But it was very hot and the sand was burning - about 45C and the sea temp was 29C!
I was glad we were staying in the city because we couldn't have made good use of the beach in that heat. Later, we went to the Wild Wadi waterpark - this was quite good but not as good as the waterparks in America. Most rides involved sitting in rings and being pushed up and down water chutes, a lazy river, a wave pool, two fake surf waves and a large water slide - but we didn't go on this one because it was a long walk and the soles of our feet were burning from walking on the hot concrete - plus maybe a bit of fraidiness on my part!
http://www.wildwadi.com
Overall, I had a nice time - but as always - there's no place like home.
We were on full board which meant we could have a buffet meals 3 times a day - but we also had a special arrangement - because we are veggies - so that we could ask the chef to make us other dishes as well.
We didn't go on many tours in the end because the 24 hour journey to our resort left us feeling too tired to go on any more long trips along the island - tho it was a shame that I never got to visit the elephant orphanage - but not that bad because I have seen many elephants when I went to Kenya.
However, we did go on some short excursions - like to a herbal garden where they tried to seell us everything in the store - a devil dancing mask museum -and a turtle hatchery (baby turtles are soo cute - but shame that their pools are so crowded).
The people in Sri Lanka were very nice and we were always approached by locals willing to show us around the area. One guy even showed us around he is village and then took us to his father's friends house to have some fresh coconut water!
Oh we also visited a moonstone mine where we ending up buying three saphire rings. A large blu saphire for my dad, a red saphire for my mum with diamonds and a small blue saphire ring with two small diamonds for me.
Since it was low season - the beach was not large because the tide was in and the sea had a stong undercurrent so was not safe to swim in - but even though it was the off season the hotel was completely full - no rooms available!
Then we stay for 4 nights in Dubai in the Fairmont Hotel - this hotel was so modern and the designs were fantastic. They lit up the building a night which made it look spectacular. On the first night there we went to Meena Bazaar where all the Indian shops are. But even a night it was so hot - about 38C!. Well, I guess we did visit at the hottest time.
We used to have very large breakfasts here - museli and a smoothie, toast and tea, some arabic bread with hummous, olives and cheeses and maybe some fruit - but this didn't match the size of the Arabs' meals!
The next day was spent in one of Dubai's (and the Middle East's) largest shopping malls - called City Centre. Although clothes were the same prices as in London, the electronic goods were nearly half the price - so we bought a dvd player, a webcam, a microphone, two pc games and a radio contolled helicopter for my bro.
On the third day we visited some reletives and in the afternoon we went on a desert safari. This involved dune bashing - where you drive up and down the dunes on a jeep - a bit like a rollercoster though it wasn't scary. After we stopped to watch the sunset we were taken to the camp where we had our evening meal and watched belly dancing and even got to try out some sandboarding. My parents and my bro did well but I think I got too nervous -I don't like heights - so I kinda lost my balanced and when down in a crouched position.
The final day we visted a partner hotel - Le Meridien Min Seyahi to see the beach. But it was very hot and the sand was burning - about 45C and the sea temp was 29C!
I was glad we were staying in the city because we couldn't have made good use of the beach in that heat. Later, we went to the Wild Wadi waterpark - this was quite good but not as good as the waterparks in America. Most rides involved sitting in rings and being pushed up and down water chutes, a lazy river, a wave pool, two fake surf waves and a large water slide - but we didn't go on this one because it was a long walk and the soles of our feet were burning from walking on the hot concrete - plus maybe a bit of fraidiness on my part!
http://www.wildwadi.com
Overall, I had a nice time - but as always - there's no place like home.
So... just going to go to an engagement ceremony at 12ish and then will come back home. Then my cousins will come over to drop off my nan who will be keeping my gran company for the two weeks we are away.
Then at around 5pm we will leave for heathrow - the flight is around 8.30pm. The first journey takes 5hrs (from london to Dubai) - then we have a 3hr stopover - then anouther 5hr journey to sri lanka - BUT that's not all! - THEN we have a 3hr ride to our hotel!!
So a total of 16 hrs in journey time - not counting boarding the plane and finding luggage - and when you add on the time diff between uk and sri lanka - this means that we will arrive on sunday evening - so a whole day gone in the journey there.
Well our first real day there will be my bro's birthday so that should be fun.. see you later!"
Then at around 5pm we will leave for heathrow - the flight is around 8.30pm. The first journey takes 5hrs (from london to Dubai) - then we have a 3hr stopover - then anouther 5hr journey to sri lanka - BUT that's not all! - THEN we have a 3hr ride to our hotel!!
So a total of 16 hrs in journey time - not counting boarding the plane and finding luggage - and when you add on the time diff between uk and sri lanka - this means that we will arrive on sunday evening - so a whole day gone in the journey there.
Well our first real day there will be my bro's birthday so that should be fun.. see you later!"
Pinnawala Elephant Sanctuary
See baby jumbos wondering around their cramped foster home or bottle fed and bathed by their human foster fathers at Pinnawala, about 90Km from Colombo towards Kandy is the home to some 60 or more elephant orphans. A place you will really enjoy and never forget. Most orphans are accustomed to their curious human visitors are harmless.
EDIT: so guess we won't be charged at then!
Started in 1972 the Elephant Orphanage was relocated to at the present site in 1975 Bathing time at Ma Oya just in front of the orphanage is sharp at 10.00am and 2.00pm. Feeding time is about an hour earlier.
Pic from http://www.explorelanka.com/places/hill/pinnawala.htm:"
See baby jumbos wondering around their cramped foster home or bottle fed and bathed by their human foster fathers at Pinnawala, about 90Km from Colombo towards Kandy is the home to some 60 or more elephant orphans. A place you will really enjoy and never forget. Most orphans are accustomed to their curious human visitors are harmless.
EDIT: so guess we won't be charged at then!
Started in 1972 the Elephant Orphanage was relocated to at the present site in 1975 Bathing time at Ma Oya just in front of the orphanage is sharp at 10.00am and 2.00pm. Feeding time is about an hour earlier.
Pic from http://www.explorelanka.com/places/hill/pinnawala.htm:"
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