I know many of you are wondering if I’m ever gonna stop sending these emails. I know it must seem like I’m putting a lot of effort towards telling you about my trip to Sri Lanka, but there’s a reason behind all these emails. It’s not that I want you to know every move I make or that I’m just...

A 4-hour bus journey brought me through some last breathtaking views of the Hill Country, down a road bordered on both sides by lily pad-covered lakes, and to the town of Tangalle on Sri Lanka’s Southern Coast. I found a wonderful seaside room on a small curved bay with a picturesque view from my window....

The town of Haputale in Sri Lanka's Hill Country will forever be etched in my memory. After a grueling hike up Adams Peak, I enjoyed yet another spectacular train ride through the Hill Country, admiring first the beauty of the tea plantations and surrounding mountains, then passing through vast green...

After
visiting the Hindu temple, I returned to my guesthouse for dinner. It
was a delightful place with two verandas surrounded by gardens which
overlook the village of Dalhousie
and the green-carpeted hills around town. The Tamil family that runs
the guesthouse insisted on feeding me meals of gigantic...

After four days in Kandy,
I boarded the train and headed deeper into the Hill Country. My energy
was low and I would have slept the entire ride if not for the
spectacular scenery. In a country that has already impressed me with
its beautiful beaches and ancient cities, one wouldn't expect it to get
much...

If you can't tell by now, my hands are feeling much better and I'm rather enjoying my ability to type. In one aspect, my inability to sit in front of the computer was a blessing on this trip, but in the same instance, Sri Lanka has impressed me so much that I've been dying to share its wonders with...

Traveling
can't always be always a fairy tale and it only makes sense that this
day would be challenging. After two days biking across vast ruins in
one of the hottest parts of the country, I climbed Sigiriya in the
early morning, quickly packed my bags and caught a tuk-tuk south to the
town of...

After two days bicycling through the hot and dusty plains of North-Central Sri Lanka,
my room at the Flower Inn in Sigirya couldn't have felt more
comfortable. Through my windows I looked out on the charming garden of
the guesthouse and by the early evening I was ready to explore the
town. I...

I
boarded the bus early the next morning in Anaradhapura with locals
piled on top of me as the Hindu driver weaved through twisting lakeside
roads to the hot and dusty village of Polonnaruwa,
which for three centuries was the royal capital of both the Chola and
Sinhalese...

It's
funny to think that my last update, in which I raved about the miracles
of Sri Lanka, came after just three days here and having only seen the
seaside town of Negombo.
So much has happened since then to re-inforce those feelings and my
excitement about this country that I hardly know where...

Miracles may happen everyday, but when I'm traveling, it seems like they're happening ever other hour. I landed in Sri Lanka
with no clue or expectation what I was getting myself into. Even the
decision to come here was so natural that I didn't consider it for a
moment. It should have been scary landing...

there are many many things i could tell you about sri lanka. many.

i could talk about the way 4' monitor lizards run when you try to grab their tails. i could get misty about waking to the pre-dawn sound of monks giving it up for the buddha's tooth. i could mumble about the lurching train and the...

i haven't got much time. i need to get back to the beach. to the rolling waves, from gentle sweeps to tumbling bruisers. which will come next? i need to find out.

i've left israel. the weird enclave of jews in the desert. where they so obviously belong and don't belong simultaneously. i've left...