Motorbike in a barrel, from a Mannar carnival
Mary Anne Oxendale is travelling around Sri Lanka and writing some hilarious posts. They include ‘7 Reasons Why Sri Lanka Is More Badass Than You Could Ever Hope to Be‘ and ‘Kandy Esala Perahera: What the World Needs Now is More Dancing Elephants Lit Up Like Christmas Trees. Really.‘ Well worth a read.
What I dig is the personal touches about kids vomiting, socks full of blood and bumpy roads. What sticks is, however, her genuine appreciation for the country and her open and kind perspective. The blog is A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai. As mentioned, worth a read.
Aw, thanks! Your kind mention came at a perfect time as I was feeling pretty worn out from traveling so much (I miss my kitchen and my laptop!) and feeling a bit pointless as my Sri Lankan posts hadn’t really made an impact at all- or so I’d thought. Thank you! I’ll keep writing about Sri Lanka while I’m here. It’s an amazing place.
No worries MaryAnne, your posts have been bouncing around Twitter and Facebook today, people like them.
Are you on twitter then? I think I’d like to follow you- I’ve been looking around your blog and I like your style!
I really liked the Badass post and the Elephants one :D
I also read few posts , specially, ones on Kandy cz that is where I live. Humorous and true in fact. nice writing MaryAnne
Thanks for all the kind words, guys! I’m so happy to be here!