Tales of Trips – Stories from my trips around the world

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Sri Lanka

Wreck diving outside Hikkaduwa

scuba diver fins cave

I am not a very experienced scuba diver and with very infrequent dives. It was more than three years ago I did my last scuba dive. Before that it was probably yet another three years. After I took my PADI Open Water license during my army service, when I was 19 years, old I have…

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Sri Lanka

Feeding turtles from the shore

feeding turtle hikkaduwa

We have now had a few relaxing days in Hikkaduwa, in the southwest corner of Sri Lanka. Hikkaduwa is a popular beach resort with quite a lot of tourists with a “classic” setup I recognize from many beach resorts from around the world, like Thailand. After you take a swim in the ocean, you obviously…

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Sri Lanka

My sleep deprived path to Sri Lanka

light backpack

At 3.30 a.m. my alarm clock rang in my apartment in Malmö, Sweden. At that point, me and J had only slept three hours and not all that well. Being excited about the trip I got up rather easily anyway. Having a great trip to look forward to makes you put sleep in second hand.…

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