Archive for the 'General' Category
Rambutan is some kind of an Asian tropical fruit which belongs to the family Sapindaceae. It is native to Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and elsewhere in south east Asia. Today from Exinkai, I’m going to tell you about the rambutan fruit in Sri Lanka. At the present, where I live in Sri [...]
January 29th, 2012 | Posted in General | Comments Off
There is a liveliness in the cool, salt tinged breeze, the soft rustling of leaves and the effervescence of foam upon the beach, that blends with the distant call of a wild peacock, the trumpeting of elephants or the belling of an exited sambhur. Their harmony gives character and enchantment to the national parks of [...]
January 23rd, 2012 | Posted in General | Comments Off
Nuwara Eliya – the city of light is one of the most beautiful cities in Sri Lanka which is located in the central part of the country. This place is famous for tea estates, mountains, vegetable and fruit farms and for its climate. Today with this post, I’m going to tell you something rare for [...]
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in General | Comments Off
Today is the January 1st of 2012. So at first, I wish you a happy new year. As a new year gift, today I’m going to tell you about a fruit. This fruit is not common in everywhere. I travelled to several countries, but couldn’t find this fruit except in Sri Lanka. I even don’t know [...]
January 1st, 2012 | Posted in General | Comments Off
Bengal tigers are one of the biggest tiger species in the world. Its roar can be heard from a distance of 3 kilometres and these are slightly bigger than those which are found in the south Indian subcontinent. Male tigers average around 235 kg (520 lb) with a length of about 3 meters, whereas the [...]
July 28th, 2011 | Posted in General | 1 Comment
Tambov is a small and beautiful city situated approximately 500 kilometres away from Moscow. I live here for about 5 years as a student and just finished my studies. So within a month, I’m going to leave this city where I lived for a long time. But before that, I thought to write this article [...]
July 10th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
What is yoga and why should you learn yoga in China ? Yoga is known for being a great way of releasing stress and obtaining mental, physical and emotional relaxation. Not only that, practicing Yoga also increases your lung capacity and improves circulation. It works hard on your nervous system, helping you to decrease any [...]
July 4th, 2011 | Posted in General | 2 Comments
Most of us know that Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country, but we don’t know much about the Buddhist culture and Buddhist history of Sri Lanka. So, from this article, I hope to tell you something more about the Buddhism in Sri Lanka which will explain you Sri Lankan Buddhist culture and history.
June 14th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off
If you love traveling, then this article is for you. Being able to travel is great, you get to see all kinds of different places and learn new cultures and customs every day. A traveler’s health is very important because even if one’s general health is excellent, still have some risk to get some diseases [...]
June 4th, 2011 | Posted in General | 2 Comments
The Chinese government has proclaimed seven national holidays in China. One of them is the Qingming Festival, which usually falls on the 4th or 5th of April, following the Gregorian calendar. Firstly, the Qingming Festival is known to be one of the twenty four solar periods followed by the Chinese in their traditional lunisolar calendar. Qingming [...]
May 29th, 2011 | Posted in General | Comments Off