Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 19, 2006

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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…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 25, 2006

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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…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 15, 2006

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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…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 28, 2006

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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…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 7, 2006

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Border Torture: 08 July 2006 (Saturday)

I know now that I would gladly cave if someone asks me to reveal secrets I don’t know. I have been subjected to a specific type of torture. We pulled into the Russian border post at 1pm and we left at 6pm. You ask, what did they do in all that time? Did they…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 6, 2006

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The Flood: 07 July 2006 (Friday)

Last time we left our heroes they had set up camp, lit a fire and had generally relaxed by the side of the fast-flowing, muddy-brown Irkut River. The walls of the river valley on the one side were bouncing the likes of Madonna et al from the local children’s camp disco…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 2, 2006

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“You’re from Edmonton too?!”: 03 July 2006 (Monday)

Let’s pick up my story where I left it two days ago… I did in fact finish my train journey without having read a single page of my many books. My last full day on the train was again spent talking to people, mostly the Danish who I had now…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 27, 2006

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Praying to the Halls of Dispelling Clouds: 28 July 2006 (Friday)

I am now convinced Beijing is perpetually shrouded in a dismal mist. How do people live here? I’d have jumped off the Gates of Heavenly Peace a long time ago. Ugh. Yes, today was dismal, wet and clouded over. The plan…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jun 30, 2006

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Happy Canada Day!: 01 July 2006 (Saturday)

I woke up this morning to the sound of the train solidly on its way through the heartland of Russia. Meanwhile, many miles away at home, people will be getting up to celebrate one of my favourite holidays: Canada Day. In Newfoundland, it’s a joint…

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Duleepa Wijayawardhana in This is our life

Jul 12, 2006

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Across Mongolia (Part 1): The Surreal Life: 12 July 2006 (Wednesday) — 13 July 2006 (Thursday)

I’m lying on a thermarest in a field surrounded by goats in the middle of central Mongolia. If this isn’t the surreal life, I’m not entirely sure what is. Let me fill…

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