Purple-Faced Langur Monkey Travelling the Power Line Highway
I took these pics of our neighborhood gray purple-faced langur monkeys yesterday afternoon. It started with a noise up on…
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Student Riots And Closing Universities In Sri Lanka
Yesterday, there was another incident of students rioting at a university here in Sri Lanka. It happens with a frequency…
The Yellow-Billed Babbler and Other Birds of Sri Lanka
Confirmed again, I am a geek. <a href=”http://pics.laurieashton.com/2009/20090209-17.jpg” target=”_blank”></a>Also confirmed is that this bird is the <s>Jungle Babbler (<i>Turdoides striata</i>)</s>…
For Your Entertainment. Cows And Garbage And Empty Lots.
Garbage is a problem here. Sometimes, the garbage collectors skip a week. Or two. Sometimes, when they usually come on…
Teeny Tiny Little Cute Froggy Napping In My Lime Tree
When I went downstairs to make lunch, and water the plants and such outside, I noticed a teeny tiny little…
The Papaya Mealy Bug Infestation Saga Continues
I pruned off more of the lime tree. It has about 1/8th the foliage left. All is damaged (the entire…
Garbage and Recycling in Sri Lanka
About a month ago, we received notice that garbage pickup was changing. We now had to separate out our compostables…
Neem Oil and Papaya Mealy Bug
Yesterday, on our way back from grocery shopping, we stopped at an Ayurvedic doctor’s office to pick up some beeswax…
Help Needed Identifying Plant Pests & Problems
We don’t have a very large plot of land, so don’t have a very large garden, but we do maximize…
Purple-Faced Langur Monkeys at Play
I finally got around to asking what kind of monkeys these were, and Fahim told me that our friend Sona…
The Lizard Walk. And The Bird. But Mostly The Lizard Walk.
It started at 3:04:35 pm and continued until 3:08:52 pm and will be indelibly imprinted on our brains until the…
More Neighborhood Monkey Activity
It’s true, monkeys amuse me. As long as they don’t fling poo at or near me, that is. 😉 But…
Attack! of the Sand Creatures!!!
Every now and then, when I walk around the house outside, I’ll see all sorts of conical pits in the…
Neighorhood Monkeys in Sri Lanka
For your information, these photos were taken with the purple-faced leaf monkeys (or purple-faced langurs) around 60-100' away from me…
Sub-Marine Cables Cut – Internet Slow?
Does it feel like your Internet is slow? Depending on where in the world you are, it could be because…
German Restaurant
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, October 2004. By Laurie Ashton When I was five or six, my sister and…
La Rambla Restaurante
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, September 2004 By Laurie Ashton As I put the mouthful of sweet, creamy pudding…
A Taste of Culture Shock
Published in Travel Sri Lanka magazine, May 2004. By Laurie Ashton Shortly after arriving in Sri Lanka from Canada, my…
Sri Lankan and International Intellectual Property Law
A friend recently had some issues with intellectual property laws and procedures in Sri Lanka. As a result, and due…
More on Plagiarism in Sri Lanka
Sometimes, I just wonder about people. Really, I do. I’ve mentioned in previous posts that plagiarism, copyright violations, and piracy…
Software Piracy in Sri Lanka
In a previous post, I talked a bit about piracy and copyright violations in Sri Lanka and I mentioned it’s…
Piracy, Plagiarism, and Stolen Content in Sri Lanka
Speaking about yesterday’s post and that news site, there’s a lot more content on that site that, I believe, is…
More Copyright Violations
In yesterday’s post, I alluded to the fact that I’ve experienced more than just one copyright violation. I have, although…
Sri Lanka Links
Sri Lanka. Cuz I live here now. That’s why. If there are any links you’d like to see added here,…
About Sri Lanka
Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, or, in Sinhalese Sri Lankā Prajathanthrika Samajavadi Janarajaya. Sri Lanka changed its…