There can be no better airport for a traveling webdesigner to be stuck in for 12 hours than Changai Singapore. Feeling disgruntled after shelling out $130 sing dollars excess for my board to Garuda, despite previous information that it would travel free.  After sulking through security, armed with vague directions from Astrid in Sri Lanka, I made [...]

Anyone passing by the south coast of Sri Lanka would be a fool to pass this little gem by. Run by a total star, mr Ratner. Great food, i could be stranded there for months and it would still be a delight to see fish curry rice turning up at the table, or maybe prawn [...]

Hello World, yep it’s taken some time, but things are going to pick up – honest! Decided to loose all planned semblance of chronology or nothing will ever happen here. Have added a few Sri Lanka updates here, surely more to come. Presently in Bali, bit more travail, than travel at the moment, cushioning the [...]

Matt, Jamie, Sunill (arse luck)  battle it out in a hard fought sri lanka, euro doubles battle. (mr Ratner minus head and Mickey look on) Carrom, what a game, so suited to the hot and sticky Sri Lankan conditions as so little movement involved. Happy memories of some hard fought marathon morning sessions with Jamie, and more difficult [...]

By this time of year the wind has pretty much settled into a distinct pattern which is very slight and off the land from dawn until 10am creating perfect conditions. From 10 until 4 the wind picks up and moves onshore until swinging and dropping again for the afternoon glass off. This pattern pretty much orders the [...]

Ahangama on the southern tip of Sri Lanka, is home to the 7th Sky Idyll but in order to enjoy mr Ratners little surf paradise you must first brave the 5 hour mini bus drive from Colombo, it’s not a journey for the faint of heart. The most shocking thing about the trip south, hugging the west [...]

One week one day to go!

today i did not surf