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All in Asia
ou never know what you'll miss most about a place until you've actually been there. For Sri Lanka, I was expecting to miss a little surf town and the beaches. But I ended up missing so much more.
A petit photo journal of our favorite drone shots from our time in the surfing town of Arugam Bay on Sri Lanka’s east coast.
It's infinitely less glamorous than the guide books make it out to be.
When two travelers happen upon a country with soul.
A surfer and yogi hangout with a mystical vibe and loads of potential, but an opportunity in customer service.
After living on the South Coast of Sri Lanka for 6 months, Annie Lovell shares her favorite places and experiences this diverse island has to offer.
It's hard to believe that two neighborhoods so jam packed with people and buildings could be considered suburbs, but such is the case in Mumbai with Juhu Beach and Bandra.
We are by no means professional surfers, but the mind/body workout that is surfing has recently peaked our interest. Here are five places we recommend if you have the same inclination to fall on your face many times in the hope of achieving that brief oneness with the ocean.
At 9:30am we departed on a 60 foot wooden yacht with four other tourists in addition to our crew and headed southeast. The whale sharks hang out about an hour and 15 minutes from MIrihi Island Resort in the South Ari Atoll. Of the 26 atolls that make up the Maldives, the South Ari Atoll is the best place for a whale shark sighting.
