Under Lockdown At The Spice Trail, Part 1
The story of a family that was "stuck" at the Spice Trail for 3 months during lockdown.
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In our blog Trail Stories, you’ll find the best times to stay with us whether on the east or south coast, ways to make your holiday experience richer, and the insider tips that make a world’s difference when you’re travelling as a family.
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Team Spice Trail
Jan 20, 20201 min
A Long Time Coming
At The Spice Trail we make it a point of pride to offer the best experience we can to our guests. Every year its about incremental...
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Team Spice Trail
Nov 2, 20192 min
Saving Water. How Hard Can It Be?
Around October of 2019 we decided to build a pond at Komari Farms in order to capture rain water from the upcoming monsoons. From...
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Team Spice Trail
Jun 17, 20193 min
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 3
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
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Team Spice Trail
May 22, 20192 min
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 2
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
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Team Spice Trail
May 2, 20193 min
A Letter From Sri Lanka Part 1
This is part of a series of letters I wrote to our guests after the horrible Easter Bombings that took place April 21st, 2019. It had...
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Team Spice Trail
Apr 26, 20193 min
Hello Sri Lanka, How Are You? Thoughts Of Solidarity After The Easter Bombings.
On October 26th 2018, the President of Sri Lanka attempted to overthrow his Prime Minister through an unconstitutional coup d’etat,...
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Team Spice Trail
Feb 7, 20191 min
It's Award Season! What Did We Get?
Booking.com Guest Reviews Award On our second year of operations we won this award in 2016. We have won every year since then in 2017 and...
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Anuradha + Prithvi
Jan 21, 20193 min
Komari Farm: 6 Months of Hard Lessons
It's time to review our six months progress. We started to build our permaculture farm in June 2018. During this period we came across...
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Team Spice Trail
Dec 14, 20181 min
The Spice Trail - Your Home In Arugam Bay
A video preview of what staying at The Spice Trail is like.
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Nov 20, 20184 min
Giving Thanks at Okanda
After a successful and tiring season it was time to wind down for the off-season and begin working on improvements. But before any of...
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Tyran Roy
Sep 18, 20183 min
The First National Surfing Championship of Sri Lanka
This past weekend in Arugam Bay saw the culmination of the very first Sri Lankan national surf content series. It was the third and final...
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Team Spice Trail
Aug 10, 20182 min
Fixing Point - Physiotherapy, Massage & Craniosacral Therapy in Arugam Bay
Jetlag? Tired from a long drive? Or perhaps you have a niggling surf injury? Not to worry! We have a certified massage and...
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Tyran Roy
Jul 28, 20182 min
Building with Up-Cycled Materials: Container Conversions
If you’ve ever visited The Spice Trail, or even just walked past, you might have noticed that we have a number on previously used...
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Tyran Roy
Jun 25, 20182 min
How to start a Permaculture farm, the Sri Lankan way.
We recently bought a piece of farm land in Komari, Pottuvil and decided it would be a great idea to keep you guys up to date on the...
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Team Spice Trail
Mar 27, 20183 min
Things to do Out East: Isha Water Park
The East Coast of Sri Lanka is a very under developed and untapped part of the country. Arugam Bay has been discovered for it's waves,...
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Team Spice Trail
Mar 20, 20182 min
Building a Permaculture Farm From Scratch #1
Ok so we are building a permaculture farm. At the moment it’s just bare land with the occasional crocodile wandering around and a lot of...
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Feb 25, 20181 min
We're Hiring a Chef!
We are looking for an adventure seeking, beach/surf loving dynamic chef to work with us during the upcoming season in Arugam Bay. Want to...
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Team Spice Trail
Jan 24, 20182 min
Adventures in Ramen #3: Umami
The 3 pillars of umami are three different amino acids that combine to give a new flavor. Amino acids exist in our body already and this...
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Team Spice Trail
Jan 23, 20182 min
Adventures in Ramen #2: Broth
Broth This can be quite intense and varied based on what regional ramen style you are after but to simplify broth there are two main...
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