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The Train to Hatton
We’ve left the flat and are headed up into the high country – tea country. We fought the crowds to buy tickets for an already crowded train. Eventually we all managed to get on, it was an incredible...
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How We Love a Hopper
“What is Sri Lanka’s favourite food?” is a much easier question than you’d think! With an abundance of all things delicious the one dish closest to the heart of all Sri Lankans is the ‘hopper’. A...
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Bucksome Buffalos
Wikipedia describes the “Water Buffalo” as “..water buffalo or domestic Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a large bovine animal, frequently used as livestock in southern Asia, and also widely in...
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Goodbye Sri Lanka, for now..
I can’t believe this incredible experience is almost at an end.. I fly back to Aus this week and can’t wait to hold my boys and see my family. But I’m still reeling from the magical time I had in Sri...
View ArticleNew Year in Jaffna and the world is green and gold
The colours for this New Year in Jaffna are green and gold, and the whole place is decked out in it. It’s home to about 85,000 people and they’ll all be cooking, laughing and celebrating the party. Up...
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Goodbye Jaffna
The depth and diversity of character and culture in Sri Lanka continue to amaze me. After 12 days in Jaffna, I feel like I’ve experienced an entirely different country. Since Jaffna is in the north it...
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Trincomalee, relaxing and cooking
Once we finished filming in Jaffna we had to get to Trincomalee, one of the worlds largest and deepest natural harbours. It’s still a high security zone, and it held lots of great surprises. There are...
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The once grand Jaffna railway
Jaffna railway station once one of the largest in sri lanka, now is deserted bombed out and has no rails, it has the scars of the brutality of war. One day I hope this grand old dame of British...
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World Expeditions presents ‘Taste of Sri Lanka’ with Peter Kuruvita
In early 2013, in partnership with ingenious adventure travel agency World Expeditions, Peter took his first group tour to Sri Lanka. During the 10-day trip the intrepid group climbed Mt Sigiriya...
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stuff.co.nz: Mexico: son of a gun
A wonderful article by Kathy Hegarty about why we selected Mexico for my latest television series on Stuff.co.nz “I think people need to not just see the chefs’ cooking, but also a little bit of the...
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The Sunday Leader: Keeping True to the Ingredient
This beautiful article “Keeping True to the Ingredient” by Sadhana Senanayake can be found in the Sri Lankan Sunday Leader. Through the interview I was taken back to the days of my first jobs in...
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Sri Lanka
There’s no place on Earth quite like Sri Lanka. This beautiful island off the coast of India is home to not only lush rain forests teaming with elephants, giraffes, buffalos and even turtles. It is a...
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World Expeditions: On the Couch with Peter Kuruvita
Ahead of my two tours with World Expeditions this year, I sat down with them for a chat and an interview. I believe that travel is an integral part of life, and as a chef, it opens your eyes to whole...
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