Back from Australia Yasmine Gooneratne who has just released her latest book, 'The Sweet and Simple Kind' has a candid conversation. A conversation with Yasmine Gooneratne, to use an analogy from her latest book 'The Sweet and Simple Kind' released just last month, is like ‘going on safari in a Tarzan movie'. You never know what awaits you each time you turn a corner.
"Saranai.. saranai… buddan saranaai…! saranai… saranai… dhamman saranaai…!" The 'thun-saranai'; the traditional hymns chanted by seniors in our team helped ease the fatigue of the now nearly 5-hour climb from Nallathanniya. According to frequent Sri Pada climbers, we had enough time to reach the peak before daylight but the climb was slowing.
The beach was crowded this morning. Along the three mile stretch of golden sands there were three tourists and two fishermen. The tracks left by the turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs during the night were still visible. A flock of egrets were busily picking their way through the herbage on the edge of the sand only five yards from where I was sitting enjoying my morning coffee.
Back from Australia Yasmine Gooneratne who has just released her latest book, 'The Sweet and Simple Kind' has a candid conversation.
"Saranai.. saranai… buddan saranaai…! saranai… saranai… dhamman saranaai…!" The 'thun-saranai'; the traditional hymns chanted by seniors in our team helped ease the fatigue of the now nearly 5-hour climb from Nallathanniya. According to frequent Sri Pada climbers, we had enough time to reach the peak before daylight but the climb was slowing. 
The beach was crowded this morning. Along the three mile stretch of golden sands there were three tourists and two fishermen. The tracks left by the turtles coming ashore to lay their eggs during the night were still visible. A flock of egrets were busily picking their way through the herbage on the edge of the sand only five yards from where I was sitting enjoying my morning coffee.