THE BEAUTIFUL SRI LANKA
''To Travel is to live''.
My name is Mariam Gobba, I believe I'm a
traveler. I'm glad I've had the opportunity to live
as a Sri Lankan for 6 weeks. I've been to many
places, but this experience is definitely worth
living.
Aside from learning how to be independent,
confident and get you out from your comfort
zone, you are lucky enough to have a family that
shares the same passion as yours, Traveling.
It's this. It's sitting in a crowded bus or train for
more than 8 hours, eating roti or kottuh and
watching the landscapes flick by. It's arriving to a
new, unfamiliar place packed with strangers you
have yet to meet and stories you have yet to hear.
It's getting lost in the dense pine forests that
blanket the Sri Lankan hilltops and discovering
new paths. It's hitchhiking like Sigirya, Sinharaja
Forest, Lipton's seat or even Ella rock. It's getting
stuck up in the mountains or streets with the
heavy rain creating small streams and landslides that wash out your way back. It's
standing on a narrow ridge, surrounded by the tops soaring high above the clouds. My
favorite part was that one day you're on top of a mountain, the other day you're at the
beach, and the other at a temple; it feels like you've traveled to different places, yet
you're in one place. This gives a sense of how diverse and beautiful the culture is. The
chance to see the beauty all around you, that makes you feel alive. And most
importantly, it's the family you have shared all this memories with. It's the family
you've just known recently, but who took a part of you with them when it all ended.
Go Green 5.0 Project
The go green project gives you the chance to actually learn something about the
environment, makes you more involved with the nature. The chance to learn about the
birds, plant trees, going to a power plant, and exploring many places too (Hantana Tea
Estate, Sinharaja Forest, and roaming around Kandy).
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