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...HIKKADUWA, SRI LANKA: Located 98 km south of the capital Colombo, this is one of the country's top three surf beaches, with bungalow accommodation, rental-board outlets, and sumptuous curry houses for postsurf refueling. There are five surf spots to choose from, but Beach Break, with its sandy bottom and consistent waves of up to 3 ft. high, not to mention idyllically warm water, is ideal for beginners. Surf season runs from November to April...
There's many a reason to visit a day spa in Colombo. Try driving into Sri Lanka's capital from such areas as Bentota, Unawatuna or the newly hip Trincomalee, and?even if you haven't crashed in the traffic maelstrom or been totaled by zigzagging three-wheelers?you'll be in serious need of some rest and rejuvenation. Bliss it is, then, to pass through the Sanctuary Spa's pebbled portal, catching sight and scent of a blossoming frangipani tree...
...looking marvelously unruffled, too. A reflexology session and a Balinese massage?two of the most requested treatments?cost just $15 and $36, respectively. With prices like this, you don't have to be a President to drop by and book a treatment that will make you forget all about Colombo's downtown traffic?at least for a little while...
...Lanka, predictably, fumed. "Howard has no authority, professional qualification to pass a judgment on a cricketing professional," thundered Colombo's Asian Tribune in an editorial. Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga told the Sunday Times that Howard's comments were "absurd," claiming that Australia "could not bear the extraordinary heights the Sri Lankan spinner was achieving." Few in Sri Lanka have forgotten that it was an Australian cricket umpire, Ross Emerson, who was among the first to cast doubt on the bowling action of Sri Lanka's favorite son by repeatedly penalizing Muralitharan for "chucking"?using a bent, instead...
...wrote that "Sinhalese Buddhist mobs have burned or vandalized more than 100 Christian churches." This is the work of a small extremist group whose members are now in custody. They attacked mostly evangelist prayer houses, not churches. Eric Fernando Director General Policy Research and Information Unit, President's Office Colombo, Sri Lanka...