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de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Malaysian Menagerie. Living. March-April 2008. Pages 36-37. Volume 03, Issue 04. ISSN 1800-0746. Nature watching in Fraser’s Hill in the Malaysian highlands. Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne goes birding at ..

South of Dondra in Sri Lanka, may turn out to be the best locations in the world for seeing blue whales. Furthermore it may also be the best for seeing both blue whales and sperm whales together. This view is based on recent observations an..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Best of Blue. Serendib, the in-flight magazine of Sri Lankan. July – August 2008. Page 24. A short article on the discovery that Sri Lanka is the best place in the world for seeing together Blue Whales..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Whale Watching. Montage. June 2008. Pages (?). Volume 2, Issue 5. Sri Lanka has failed for nearly three decades in a quest to establish itself as a premier whale watching destination. That will now change fo..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Drama on the Plains. Living. May-June 2008. Pages 36-37. Volume 3, Issue 5. ISSN 1800-0746. Gehan chances upon the elusive Mountain Mouse-deer, with a Brown Mongoose in hot pursuit! We could not have chosen ..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Story-Worthy Passion. LMD. July 2008. Page145. Volume 14, Issue 12. ISSN 1391-135X. Gehan reviews the factors that made the Galle Literary Festival a resounding global success. During its second year the Gal..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). The Devil Bird of Hiyare. Living. July-August 2008. Pages 40-41. Volume 3, Issue 6. ISSN 1800-0746. Gehan goes in search of the notorious Spot-bellied Eagle-owl. “Lets be very quiet from now on” ..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). When War Comes Home. LMD. August 2008. Page133. Volume 15, Issue 1. ISSN 1391-135X. “There are no naïve solutions anymore – merely a lack of accountability” I hope I am wrong, but by May 2008, tourism..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Butterfly Safari in Town. Living. September-October 2008. Pages 42-43. Volume 4, Issue 1. ISSN 1800-0746. Gehan finds winged beauty in unexpected quarters of a busy city. July 2006 closed with a hot sunny da..

de Silva Wijeyeratne, G. (2008). Tourism No Habitat-Killer! LMD. October 2008. Page 145. Volume (?), Issue (?). ISSN 1391-135X. Gehan argues that tourism does not harm Sri Lanka’s biodiversity. In May 2008, I was proof reading a book when..