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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Oct 28, 2006

Driving Mr. Dups

For the first time in six years I am driving into work on a daily basis. My policy has always been to live near work so that I would not have to deal with commuter traffic, but with my decision to move to downtown Edmonton I am no longer a stoneâ€™s throw away from the office. This means that every…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Sep 2, 2006

In the Wake of Empires (June-August 2006)

In June 2006, I embarked on a journey around the world. At the time, it was ostensibly…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jun 19, 2006

Legs don’t fail me now!: June 20 (Tuesday)

As I mentioned yesterday, my one fear was another flaring of my IT band injury. The worst recent flaring was during a descent from 3000m Observation Peak in Banff National Park with Craig and Yolanda Priddle where I could barely bend the leg. Since then…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 19, 2006

Transvestite Cows and Pink Girs: 20 July 2006 (Thursday)

Tuesday afternoon’s adventure was to go see the “reindeer people” who live in the area. We were to be treated to a Shaman dance if it was possible, but as the water continued to pour from the heavens, we realized that no…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 31, 2006

Winding down in Shanghai: 01 August 2006 (Tuesday)

I have only two days left in this amazing journey. Reading this entry you might get the idea that I’ve been lounging around my friends Chris and Lisa’s apartment awaiting my departure. In reality it has just happened to be a relatively…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 25, 2006

Forbidden Ramblings: 26 July 2006 (Wednesday)

Beijing is a foggy, misty, polluted and rambling city that alternates between making me nostalgic for my former home city of Hong Kong and making me crave the simplicity of Gir life in Mongolia. It is modern, chaotic, communist and distinctly…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 15, 2006

Across Mongolia (Part 4): Smells of Home: 15 July 2006 (Saturday) — 16 July 2006 (Sunday)

To make sure group dynamics did not suffer, Robin adamantly switched up the vans. Sarah was not looking good in the morning. A few too many vodkas had unsettled her stomach and…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 28, 2006

The Last Train: 29 July 2006 (Saturday)

I can’t believe it. I’ve boarded my train for the last leg of this journey across Europe and Central Asia. Tomorrow morning I will have crossed coast to coast, climbed the highest point on a continent and met the most amazing people from so many countries…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Dec 17, 2006

Bringing Newfoundland to Canada

Published The Independent, St. John’s, Newfoundland
Friday, 16 December 2006

The three-piece band was outfitted with an accordion, a fiddle and a guitar. The beer was flowing under banners of the provincial flag. The…

Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jun 18, 2006

Dups, Filmstar: June 19 (Monday)

Morning saw us head off in search of our first acclimatization hike towards the Cheget chairlift about three kilometres away from the hotel. The chairlift would take us up about 600m onto Cheget’s broad shoulders. Oddly, and I suspected there would be many more times like…

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