Sri Lanka People Stories: ThingsAsian


Lost and Found at Cinequest 21 Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] This year, eight films were available on DVD for pre-screening and review: Bardsongs, Snow, Bi Don't Be Afraid, Living in Seduced Circumstances, Madly in Love, Troublemaker, Raavanan, and Night Fishing with Cormorants. Destinations: India \| Sri Lanka \| Japan \| Vietnam Topics: Culture \| People \| Festivals \| Performing Arts
The people I met in Dalian, P.R. China Reina Hatimiya Hamid - jreina10 [50] I was on my holiday visiting my former colleague in Dalian, China, for 2 weeks. Big city with very friendly locals. I was offered a job in the same hotel - Holiday Inn Dalian, a 4-star... Destinations: Malaysia \| United Arab Emirates \| Indonesia \| Singapore \| Hong Kong \| Bahrain \| Mongolia \| Macau \| Saudi Arabia \| Maldives \| Sri Lanka \| China \| Thailand Topics: Travel \| Adventure \| Music \| Photography \| People \| Beaches & Resorts \| Ancient History \| National Parks \| Festivals \| Animals \| Traditions \| Culture \| Food \| Working Abroad \| Nature \| Architecture
Film Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911] Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle, The Bridge on the River Kwai debuted in 1957 to critical acclaim and award-winning recognition, including Best Director for David Lean,... Destinations: Burma \| Sri Lanka \| Thailand \| Japan Topics: People \| Performing Arts \| 20th Century History \| War & Conflict
Great Wave, Silver Lining Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632] For some reason disasters occur only when I go home to visit my family. It is as if the forces of stability and chaos wish to remind me that neither will ever vanquish the other, that yin and yang are... Destinations: Male \| Malaysia \| Burma \| Colombo \| Indonesia \| Aceh \| India \| Kuala Lumpur \| Phnom Penh \| Andhra Pradesh \| Sri Lanka \| Maldives \| Phuket \| Cambodia \| Thailand \| Yangon Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 4: Toy Story 15 January 2005 POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA -- The Sri Lanka offices of Mercy Corps occupy a single room on Dharmapala Mawatha, in a building run by the Academy for Educational... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 2: Sri Lanka, Revisited 8 January 2005 In January of 1984, two months shy of my 30th birthday, I explored the west coast of Sri Lanka on one of my first travel assignments. My girlfriend Teri... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 7: Tea with the Tigers 22 January 2005 SAMBOOR, SRI LANKA -The pace of work has been relentless. Don't know if it's because I'm inspired, or because I was starved for inspiration for so long,... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 6: A Journey Through the East 19 January 2005 TRINCOMALEE - Two weeks in Sri Lanka. Nearly all of what I've written, even in my journal, has been for publication. Haven't had any time to... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 5: Toy Story 2 15 January 2005 To a lot of people, the image of relief agencies in developing countries is the image of giant Toyota Land Cruisers, churning down a dirt road with the windows... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People
Dispatches from Sri Lanka Jeff Greenwald - jgreenwald [1,906] Dispatch 3: The Buried Village 11 January 2005 POTTUVIL, SRI LANKA - Aboard the Blackhawk helicopter, his ears plugged against the roar of the rotors, a US Marine in a flak jacket pencils me a note:... Destinations: Sri Lanka \| Colombo Topics: People

Lost and Found at Cinequest 21

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911]

This year, eight films were available on DVD for pre-screening and review: Bardsongs, Snow, Bi Don't Be Afraid, Living in Seduced Circumstances, Madly in Love, Troublemaker, Raavanan, and Night Fishing with Cormorants.

Destinations: India | Sri Lanka | Japan | Vietnam
Topics: Culture | People | Festivals | Performing Arts

The people I met in Dalian, P.R. China

Reina Hatimiya Hamid - jreina10 [50]

I was on my holiday visiting my former colleague in Dalian, China, for 2 weeks. Big city with very friendly locals. I was offered a job in the same hotel - Holiday Inn Dalian, a 4-star...

Destinations: Malaysia | United Arab Emirates | Indonesia | Singapore | Hong Kong | Bahrain | Mongolia | Macau | Saudi Arabia | Maldives | Sri Lanka | China | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Music | Photography | People | Beaches & Resorts | Ancient History | National Parks | Festivals | Animals | Traditions | Culture | Food | Working Abroad | Nature | Architecture

Film Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Celeste Heiter - cheiter [28,911]

Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle, The Bridge on the River Kwai debuted in 1957 to critical acclaim and award-winning recognition, including Best Director for David Lean,...

Destinations: Burma | Sri Lanka | Thailand | Japan
Topics: People | Performing Arts | 20th Century History | War & Conflict

Great Wave, Silver Lining

Kenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,632]

For some reason disasters occur only when I go home to visit my family. It is as if the forces of stability and chaos wish to remind me that neither will ever vanquish the other, that yin and yang are...