Sri Lanka, the pearl of the Indian Ocean

[redrider]

I grow at approximately 2,700m above sea level. Thanks again!

 

[naga_sadu]

Naga I cant wait to finaly make it to India. My mother (ageing child of the revolution) invited me to go with her on frequent fliers at the end of september to spend 2 weeks in the south but she broke a rib and we had to cancel the tickets and we lost the points aswell. I will get there but I don't know when. Big things are happening (economy) in India and I really want to see it before it really transforms.

The "transformations" only happen in the citys. In the semi urban / rural parts of the country, life has remained unchanged since the 50s. But yea, the only visible change you'll notice is that people have become alot "salesman like." If you came out to Bombay in the 70s, for example, you could still relaxedly walk thru a chowk, enjoy a nice smoke w/ur supplier w/o any bullshit, have a nice munch out by the beach. Now, that's an impossibility.

It sucks goat balls that they're transforming the country, I have yet to see a single benefit from this so called "transformation"- well, other than people committing suicides at increasing rates ever since the "transformation" began...

Arrrg. Sorry man, for going off a bit. Yeah, the transformation is happening, but only in the citys. Avoid them at all costs, they blow.

Also, if you get down south, Thekkady, Munnar, Palakkad, Top Station are the places u wanna visit. Well, the "official guides" to Thekkady are kinda "touristy." You're better off buying a second hand Jawa 250cc motorbike (Rs. 6000; 47 Rs = 1 US$) and taking the off beaten path. Munnar is great also, not too commercialised yet. Palakkad is also a not so publicised place (among foreigners) for getting some great greens. Top Station can be accessed from Munnar and when u do get to Top Station, you can hike from there to Kodaikkanal thru dense jungles. Seasoned hikers can do this in 3 days. Just beware of bears and don't freak if u see 1. You can't miss the greens in that route for sure Kodaikkanal is pretty famous for mushrooms, if you're into that.

There are more "well known" places foreigners frequent like Kovalam, Idukki and Varkala. Lotsa herbs floating, that's for sure, but I found the quality lacking in those places. The better quality smokes are to be had in Palakkad, Thekkady, Munnar, Top Station. Either way, to experience India fully, you'll need a motorbike @ your disposal. Buy the Czech made Jawa. Cheap. About 127 US$ for a great motorbike and nobody steals them really. YOu can buy a 2 stroke Minsk for cheaper, but they're very rare nowadays. If you buy yourself a Jawa, when you leave, you can either sell it for 50% to 70% the price or leave it chained in a tree by a park.

Don't worry 'bout the transformation, that's only happening in the citys.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info mate.

Heres something I found when googling Sri Lankan cannabis.

At one point, Thumper says, Gale and a friend went surfing in Sri Lanka and discovered the villagers grew a powerful variety of marijuana. Gale offered to buy their whole crop. But the villagers didn’t want money; they wanted Levi’s jeans. “They headed back [to Laguna] and made everyone go to every Sears, looking in the paper for a cheap pair of Levi’s,” says Thumper. “And they shipped them over there and bought all this pot. They called it Mars pot. It was high-grade pot; it put Oaxacan, Michoacan and Colombian Gold to shame. And we drained Orange County of Levi’s. And that’s cool, you know, that’s entrepreneurial.

I pulled it from an article on Tim Leary and the Brotherhood of etenal Love.

 

[Alex-F]

Nearly booked 2 weeks Thailand last night

Sri Lanka looks good, I think I'll take a closer look

 

[glock23]

Sri Lanka looks really cool. They have to import hash from India, though, and they get some of their weed in bricks from Cambodia. I guess because of govt. pressure, they can't grow enough to meet local demand..kinda sad really.