Jungle Tide

24/03/2024

Early morning visitor at Jungle Tide.

12/03/2024

We are pleased to announce our new deal for hikers on stages one and two of the Pekoe Trail. Included are 2 nights at Jungle Tide half board, packed lunches for two days, transport to and from stage start and end points and your luggage taken on to your next booked accommodation. Prices from Rs28000 depending on numbers. Details are on our website www.jungletide.com

19/11/2023

HI Kenny, please can you contact the pekoe trail people, and find out why the Mount Royal is included in this scheme and we are not, and ask them what we need to do to ensure we are included in future?
Many thanks Sally and Jerry

07/06/2023

Great news! We are making big cuts in our rates from now until Christmas. B&B for 2 is now just Rs9000/- per night in our great bungalow. Only available if you book direct with us. Take advantage of this amazing opportunity! All the best, Sally and Jerry.

28/03/2023

Another great post from East'n'West, highlighting the great bits of Sri Lanka that few tourists see.

Relaxed buffaloes taking a mud bath amongst lotus flowers, shy crocodiles interrupting their sunbathing when noticing we paparazzies are coming, birds chirping around, Brahminy kites majestically flying over the scene, while herds of swift goats and skinny cows try to find a meagre meal.
At a distance it stands, high and mighty. Kudumbimalai Rock, as it is called by the Tamil villagers around, or Thoppigala, as Sinhalese soldiers name it. Forces fought here. The Tamil Tigers used to camp on the top, from where they could observe the troops’ movements all around.

The recapture of the rock by the Sri Lankan forces in 2007 signed the end of the armed struggle in the East of Sri Lanka, 2 years before the decades-long conflict was finally won in the North by the governmental forces in May 2009. So here is a rock that has witnessed battles, heard shelling, seen youngsters in military attire fight for its control. After being the stronghold of LTTE for years, the Sri Lankan army now well guarded the rock, with military brigades around reminding us of the recent history of this disputed land.

After a quick visit to the military museum, Suranga, our army guide, accompanies us to the top of the rock, going up cement stairs, swinging between rocks, climbing the final ladder. It is only when reaching the top, and enjoying a 360 degrees bird eye view, that we can finally fully grasp the strategic importance of the rock, while marvelling at the view of the now peaceful green surroundings, till the horizon.
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25/01/2023

We inaugurated our new fire pit last night with our guests. Thanks to Marc Boltz for the pic.

08/01/2023

(the following is a Facebook post in December 2022 from something called Thattayagekolama Blogspot, translated from the original Sinhala, in which I suspect it was perfectly intelligible. Comment is superfluous.) Teepee The Campsite – Hakbellawaka, Yatiyanthota There are some questions that many of us ask. First of all what are you going to do? This is how it’s not a camp with adventure activities....

(the following is a Facebook post in December 2022 from something called Thattayagekolama Blogspot, translated from the original Sinhala, in which I suspect it was perfectly intelligible. Comment i…

08/01/2023

Haputale hillside

08/01/2023

The watery landscape of Gal Oya national park

08/01/2023

Herons, Gal Oya

08/01/2023

Ruins, Black Pool

08/01/2023

Boat quay, Batticaloa

08/01/2023

Batticaloa lagoon

08/01/2023

Black Pool, Mihintale

25/12/2022

Christmas morning at Jungle Tide. Wish you were here? Happy Christmas from Jerry and Sally.

21/12/2022

Ready for Christmas at Jungle Tide.

27/11/2022

More on the Pekoe Trail from our friend Juliet Coombe. We are now working with one of the guides and naturalists, Sanath Herath, to offer natre and walking experiences in Hanthana. www.jungletide.com

The Pekoe Trail is an exciting new 20 to 25-day, 300 km network of trails starting in Kandy, that has already been credited as one of the five most incredible walks in the world by the Financial Times in London. Funded by the European Union and USAID, this epic socially sustainable hike has been des...

25/09/2022

Here's the latest in our Sri Lankan adventure, hope you enjoy reading it.

To my amazement the Sri Lanka Police arrested (or as they say cutely in these parts ‘nabbed’) the miscreants who stole our goods from Mulberry Cottage as related in the previous post, a…

25/08/2022

My latest blog post, hope you find it amusing.

While we were on a short holiday with our son and his family earlier this month we had a break-in at Mulberry Cottage, the budget accommodation in our gardens. Mulberry Cottage is outside what the …

30/01/2022

Our friend Kenny, a Sri Lankan whose first language is English and who therefore totally gets this blog, occasionally sends us snippets which have made their way into his phone. One example: a photo of a clothing rail in a store containing women's dresses, with a placard against it proclaiming FROGS 250/-. The other day he sent us a piece from…...

http://brokenenglish.blog/2022/01/30/totally-dental/

Our friend Kenny, a Sri Lankan whose first language is English and who therefore totally gets this blog, occasionally sends us snippets which have made their way into his phone. One example: a phot…

19/01/2022

Kandy is pretty much a cultural desert, beyond the traditional Buddhist cultural stuff aimed largely at the foreign tourist trade, of which currently there is very little. There is no regular English language cinema or theatre, no music venue, no proper art gallery and the bookshops are heavily biased towards educational texts rather than literature. One small beacon of light in the darkness is the Atelier Hotel, located well out of town up a side street opposite the Arpico supermarket....

http://brokenenglish.blog/2022/01/19/a-weekend-of-culture-and-sport/

Kandy is pretty much a cultural desert, beyond the traditional Buddhist cultural stuff aimed largely at the foreign tourist trade, of which currently there is very little. There is no regular Engli…

21/12/2021

Jungle Tide all dressed up for Christmas. Thanks to Tom for the video

14/12/2021

Suki and Toffee

09/12/2021

On the way to Jungletide... the views more than make up for the bumpy road!

06/12/2021

Seen in our garden just now!

05/12/2021

Avocado's coming out of our ears! Lovely, fresh avocado's from our garden here at Jungletide...delicious!

02/12/2021

Relax and keep cool! Our pool is looking oh so inviting!

Information on rooms and bookings at our website (link in bio)

29/11/2021

We were pretty dubious about this tuk tuk powered boat up in Delft, but it did the job! A boat ride we will certainly not forget!

26/11/2021

What a view! It's hard to beat sitting out on our lawn with a good book and a view like this!⁠
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