Jess Friend / July 1, 2014

Tales from Serendib #8 – Fortunate discoveries

The last instalment in my ‘Tales from Serendib’ mini-series…  In some respects I have delayed writing this…

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Jess Friend / June 19, 2014

Tales from Serendib #7 – Sri Lanka’s tea country

Shamelessly repackaging a blog written in Sri Lanka, 2011… Time is hurtling forward! Already it’s week 7 and I…

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Jess Friend / April 11, 2014

Tales from Serendib #6 – partying Colombo style.

This is the latest in an archival series about three months I spent in Sri Lanka in…

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Jess Friend / February 5, 2014

#5 Tales from Serendib: Gossip will not cook rice.

In a (perhaps) a somewhat stretched connection, last night I enjoyed a fascinating talk by Cyrus Todiwala,…

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Jess Friend / September 30, 2013

And the world’s fourth most popular city is…Abu Dhabi

Often Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) capital, is overshadowed by its ritzy glitzy tourist-laden neighbour,…

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