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Adventures of a GoodMan is my answer to the age-old question: I traveled...now what? In it, I blend digital photographic art with stories chronicling my journeys abroad and at home.
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Hotel Rooms For $3 per Night – You Get What You Pay For!
Early on while backpacking through India and SouthEast Asia, my wife Carrie and I realized that there really wasn’t that much of a difference between a $3 hotel room and a $13 hotel room.
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Photographing A Wild Leopard Two Feet From My Face
While on a nature safari in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka, I came face to camera lens with several leopards.This particular one seemed to have no fear as he walked right up next to our jeep, sniffed around and went about his business.
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Posted in * Photography by Theme, Animals, Nature, Photo of the Day
Tagged animals, Leopard, Photo of the Day, Photography, Sri Lanka, Tissa, Yala
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Sigiria: An Ancient Sri Lankan Rock Fortress
Located in Sri Lanka, Sigiria is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures…as well as a potentially-fictional hornet’s nest that doubles as a bribe-inducing scam.
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Let There Be Light…and Sunflares
“Light” is the theme of this week’s Digital Photography School challenge. The subject is left completely up for interpretation, so I present a selection of my favorite images featuring that giant ball of light in the sky. I’ve always loved shooting cranking up my shutter speed and pointing my camera directly at the sun to capture the deep blue skies and bold rays.
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Posted in Highlights, Photography
Tagged Greg Goodman, India, Light, Nikon D80, Photo Contests, Photography, San Francisco, Sri Lanka, Sun, Sunbursts, Texas, Washington DC
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Sri Lanka Train Photography
I know I’ve said it many times before in this blog, but if you don’t know it, I love trains. My father and I built a model train town on a balsa-wood table when I was growing up and I’ve loved the rails ever since. So Dad, these train pics …
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Posted in Featured Posts Slider, Highlights, Photography, Sri Lanka
Tagged Galle, Photography, Sri Lanka, Train, Transportation
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Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country…Part II
Considering we’ve now been in Thailand for almost a month I figured it was time to get the second half of the bloggings on Sri Lanka up. This issue contains observations of life traveling during a civil war, getting brushed through military checkpoints with no hassle beacause we’re foreigners, hiking …
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Paying the Price for Civil War
Every tour guide, souvenir salesman or monument caretaker is quick to let us know that the civil war in Sri Lanka has caused a dramatic decrease in visits to every single tourist spot in the country. As such, when we arrive anywhere we are instantly bombarded by people anxious to …
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Checkpoints? No Problem…We’re Tourists!
As one might imagine for a country in the middle of a civil war, there are military checkpoints everywhere. The most frequent ones we encountered were on the road when the bus we were traveling in would be stopped and people would have to grab their bags and head through …
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Cost of Living and Traveling in Sri Lanka
Below are the general prices for a few key products in Sri Lanka: Hotel Room: 500 – 800 rupees ($4.50 -$7.25) Local Brand Soda: 30 rupees for 400ml ($0.25) Coca Cola Brand Soda: 70 rupees for 500ml ($0.62) Extra charge for a refrigerated drink: 5 – 10 rupees ($0.04 – …
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5,200 Steps to Get to Eden
Depending on which legend you believe, Adam’s Peak is either the original location of where Adam was exiled from Eden, the spot where Buddha left his footprint en-route to paradise or where butterflies go to die. In any case, pilgrims from around the world have flocked there for more than …
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Avoiding the Fighting that Never Was
After climbing Adam’s Peak we began our two day journey to Arugam Bay, located on the politically unstable east coast of the country. We had been told that it was amazing, untouched, completely safe and a must-see destination. However, on the first night off our journey while staying in Ella …
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Leopards, Elephants and Prisoners Two Feet From Our Face
Located on the Southeast corner of Sri Lanka, Yala National Park is supposedly the best place in the country to see leopards, elephants and scores of other animals in their natural habitat. So, after our time in Ella we headed to Tissamaharama (Tissa) and booked an overpriced safari with high …
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I Was at Galle Before it Got All Touristy
Constructed by the Portuguese in the 1600′s and later taken over by the Dutch then the British, Galle Fort is a cute colonial town reminiscent of Antigua, Guatemala. It is surrounded by sturdy brick walls and filled with European architecture, narrow streets, little houses and shops, churches, cafes, friendly people …
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If You Don't Understand Me, Don't Just Say OK
Our final stop in Sri Lanka was the beach town of Hikkaduwa, though it was unlike I have ever been to. The main highway is also the town’s one road with a row of restaurants and guesthouses separating that road from the ocean. Mostly a surfer’s destination, the waves crashing …
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Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country: Part II – This and That
The fans that hang from the ceilings in our guesthouses are often terrifying. As they spin the entire fan and ceiling shakes and we just lay there wondering if this is the night that one finally breaks off and comes down into the bed with us. While walking down a …
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Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Counry…Part II – Photos and Videos
Below is a complete set of all the photos including a ton that aren’t in the posts. If you want to look at the whole gallery on flickr, click here. Carrie gets blessed at Shiva Devale II at Polonnaruwa I get blessed on the walk down from Adam’s Peak A …
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Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country
Located just off the southern coast of India, Sri Lanka is home to nearly 20 million citizens and has been an independent nation since 1947. Unfortunately, for almost as long as it has been a country, Sri Lanka has been caught up in a civil war. To super simplify the …
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Posted in SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country
Tagged Overview, Sri Lanka
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Eating and Drinking…Two of My Favorite Things
The most popular dish in Sri Lanka is by far the rice and curry which consists of a giant plate of rice and a selection of veggies in small dishes that are dumped over the rice. The vegetables vary but usually include some combination of lentils, potatoes, cabbage, carrots, jack …
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Posted in Food, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country
Tagged Food, Kottu, Roti, Sri Lanka
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Sri Lankan People and Smiles Galore
Everywhere Carrie and I went in Sri Lanka we were greeted by smiles and cries of “hello!” The locals seemed genuinely excited to see us, as if they had only encountered a handful of foreigners in their lives. While I doubt this to be true, there are still few enough …
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White Skin? Then You Pay the Foreigner Price
Our book warned us but nothing could have prepared us for the great disparity between the local price and the foreigner price. Carrie and I have traveled a lot in this world and have become used to, if not accepting, of attempts to rip us off. Sure, they are frustrating …
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Posted in Scams, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country
Tagged Frustrations, Prices, Scams, Sri Lanka
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