Tag Archives: England

St. Benedict's Monastery (Adisham) – Haputale

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin

Sir Thomas Villiers, an intrepid seventeen- year-old Englishman, decided to run away from home and come to Sri Lanka in 1887. He came via ship with just 10 sterling pounds in his hand. Soon after his arrival, he began life …

Posted in Lead Story, Travel & Nature | Tagged Adisham, blue magpies, Brazil, Burma, charming hostess, Christian, Colombo, David Paynter, England, F. Webster, George Steuart, golden oreoles, green barbets, Haputale, Home, Home & Health, hornbills, Hours Way, Jacobean, Kent, Leonardo Da, Mills, Mona Lisa, orange mini-verts, paradise flycatchers, R. Booth, Roman Catholic, roman catholic church, room, Sedawatte Mills, Seville, Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas Villiers, Sir Villiers, sri lanka, St Sylvester, St. Benedict\'s Monastery, Stephen, sterling pounds, Superior, Tangamalai Bird sanctuary, tea, Tudor, water colours |

Murunga – purify polluted water

Posted on October 11, 2009 by admin

Moringa ( Murunga) tree which grows wildly in Sri Lanka could be the ultimate answer to purify water, in an hour, for safe drinking, according to the latest research by British Scientists according to Dr. Geoff Folkard, attached to the …

Posted in Home & Health | Tagged aluminium sulphate, Britain, british scientists, Clarence H. Fernando, clean water, Colombo, Dr. Folkard, Dr. Monique Simmonds, England, Fernando Theory, filter beds, medicinal, moringa, Moringa oleifera, Moringa stenopetala, Murunga, natural water purifier, purify water, seed, South America, South American, sri lanka, treatment, UK, university of leicester, water, waterborne diseases |

Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Holidays

Posted on February 10, 2009 by admin

by John Pollock About once a decade, my recessive motorcyclist gene kicks in. Dominant on the paternal side since my great-grandfather, and currently expressed by my father, brother and a sister, I usually restrict myself to a spin on a …