Nearing the end of the first semester of 2022, some second-year Physical Science students taking PH 2006 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology were invited by their industry case study mentors for a ... Read more
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In Search of a Sloth Bear –The Epilogue
Ansala, Gayan, Didula, Indeera, and I had just got out of camping at Yala. Ansala’s goal was to snap a good leopard. My only hope was to see a sloth bear. We only saw one leopard cub for our entire trip. No, we did not see any sloth bears. Were we ... Read more
In Search of a Sloth Bear – Last Chance to Spot a Bear
“මේ... හෙට උදේ පාන්දර පිටත් වෙන්න ඔනි කැලේට. 4ට නැගිටිමු කට්ටියම!”
I can’t remember who said that. But waking up at 4 in the morning was nothing for ... Read more
In Search of a Sloth Bear – The Mud Bath
Did you know that there was 4G internet in the dead of the wilderness? Did you also know that you just had to roll over once to go from 4G internet to having no internet connection at all? That’s what we found out when we arrived at our campsite. Well… ... Read more
In Search of a Sloth Bear – In to the Wild
I was desperate to see a Sloth Bear. But Ansala, our resident wildlife photographer said he only wanted a good leopard sighting to make his day. It was the morning of the 7th of December 2019. Ansala, Gayan, Didula ... Read more
In Search of a Sloth Bear – The Prologue
“මචං, දෙසැම්බර් 6, 7, 8 free ද? යාල පැත්තේ බහින්න ඉන්නේ. වරෙන්!”
This was Ansala Botheju, a seasoned veteran ... Read more
Messages from Romania – 4 (Part 2)
Bicaz Gorge
This gorge is located in the mid-eastern Carpathian as a part of Bicaz Canyon and Cheile Bicazului-Hasmas Mountain National Park. This is the most famous gorge in Romania and one of the most spectacular ... Read more
Chasing the Ring of Fire – Part 1
The ring of fire is the playful pet name we gave the last annular solar eclipse visible to Sri Lanka for the next 10 years. So, when they asked me if I would like to go to Jaffna to be a part of the national observation camp ... Read more