Month: December 2012

Sri Lanka, Surf

The British colony


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We have been eating breakfast at this hotel which the British pretty much have colonized just as they colonized Sri Lanka back in the days. It’s a pretty fun scene to watch. Today the british boy crew rented twinfin NSP’s (don’t ask my why they don’t rent out boards with 3 fins here) and went

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Sri Lanka, Surf

Babywaves


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The swell is getting smaller and the crowds bigger.. But Hikkaduwa is a party place and if you’re up with the sun there’s very few guys out. I’m an early bird and yesterday I caught both waves and coconuts before the party-people had even open their eyes. So happy that I could bring my longboard

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Sunshinstories Family

happy birthday mum!


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Today is my mum’s birthday! Single mother to four kids.. Both me and my sister are diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, so is my mom. Growing up wasn’t easy all the time. I was even in a wheelchair for a year. Even though she herself was sick she fought for our rights in school, took us

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Sri Lanka, Surf, Travels

Christ(surf)mas day


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Christmas day Sri Lankan style with lots of food and lots of surfing. Started off with some string hoppers for breakfast, a very tratiditional Sri Lankan breakfast. Then we got in a minivan heading south together with Didine and his family. We met Didine in the lineup at the main point, he’s one of the

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Sri Lanka, Travels

a cold in the sun


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I’m having the worst cold ever and is busy fighting mosquitos and pamper my extremely white, BUT sunburned body. Petter has been out doing yoga, surfing and interviewing an interesting person while all I have done is painted my nails and trying not to cough my head out. Just thought I’d let you know that

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Sri Lanka, Surf, Travels

Christmas Eve


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This is our chrismas eve. We woke up early by some beautiful morning light. Met Santa on our way to the beach. Had a full english breakfast for a looong time. With our feets in the sand.. Watching the surf. Petter went out for a session, waves had gotten bigger. We occupied a beach hut

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Sri Lanka, Surf

Merry Christmas


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Merry Christmas to all of you that follow us around on this site. Hope you are having a great time. We have just had another great beach day on Sri lanka, not much different from the other days, great waves, lots of eating good food, lots of sun and some hang out with our friends

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Food, Sri Lanka, Travel Advice

Budget for Sri Lanka


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Here’s are budget for Sri Lanka. We’re surprised over how little things has change since we were here two years ago. Prices are the same, people are the same and we actually forgot how cheap it is to live here even though the prices are a bit increased due to the holidays. Thought you might

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Sri Lanka, Surf

Paradise


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What’s your image of paradise? Ours is a stretch of white sanded beach, palms hanging over it, perfect temperature, not hot nor cold, a humidity that’s standable and a perfect a-frame breaking in the crystal clear water outside of our house. That’s Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. And that’s were we are right now, not only in

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