{"id":174,"date":"2026-08-17T07:38:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:38:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-09-15T03:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T03:07:11","slug":"colibri-wp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"174-c1\" class=\"style-188 style-local-174-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"174-c2\" id=\"about\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-189 style-local-174-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-190 style-local-174-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-191-outer style-local-174-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-0 h-px-md-0 h-px-0 v-inner-lg-0 v-inner-md-0 v-inner-0 style-191 style-local-174-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c5\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-192 style-local-174-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-192 style-local-174-c5\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h5 class=\"\">Visit Sri Lanka&nbsp;<\/h5>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c6\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-193 style-local-174-c6 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-193 style-local-174-c6\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Enjoy feeding baby elephants, go hiking, surfing and so much more &#8230;<\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c7\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-194 style-local-174-c7 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>The things you could do and adventures to be had is endless. Watch the fisherman draw in their nets, flying over the hills on the zipline, go surfing and hiking. Eat street food, enjoy the colourful festivals, make memories and have\n                      yourself an enjoyable holiday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-195-outer style-local-174-c8-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c8\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-ui-empty-state-container h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-195 style-local-174-c8 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100\">\n                <!---->\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"174-c9\" id=\"features\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-196 style-local-174-c9 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c39\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-204 style-local-174-c39 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-205-outer style-local-174-c40-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c40\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-205 style-local-174-c40 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c41\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-206 style-local-174-c41 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-206 style-local-174-c41\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Adventures, Explore, Push Boundaries<\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c42\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-207 style-local-174-c42 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Enjoy the diverse activities of Sri Lanka.&nbsp;\n                      <br>Surf the huge waves in Arugambay, zip over hills on the Flying Ravana,\n                      <br>Whitewater rafting in Kithulgala, Scuba diving and more&#8230;.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c10\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-197 style-local-174-c10 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-198-outer style-local-174-c11-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c11\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-198 style-local-174-c11 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c12\" class=\"d-block style-327 style-local-174-c12 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1480\" height=\"987\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Surfer-free-4.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-48 style-327-image style-local-174-c12-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Surfer-free-4.jpg 1480w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Surfer-free-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Surfer-free-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Surfer-free-4-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1480px) 100vw, 1480px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-327-frameImage style-local-174-c12-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c13\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-200 style-local-174-c13 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-200 style-local-174-c13\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Surf the waves<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c14\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-201 style-local-174-c14 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Enjoy surfing? Then come with me to Sri Lanka where every day is a surf day! The East coast and the Southwest coast of Sri Lanka are paradise for surfers.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c15\" class=\"h-x-container style-202 style-local-174-c15 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c15-group style-202-spacing style-local-174-c15-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-203-outer style-local-174-c16-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c16\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-203 style-local-174-c16 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-198-outer style-local-174-c17-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c17\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-198 style-local-174-c17 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c18\" class=\"d-block style-328 style-local-174-c18 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ravana.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-47 style-328-image style-local-174-c18-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ravana.jpg 650w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Ravana-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-328-frameImage style-local-174-c18-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c19\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-200 style-local-174-c19 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-200 style-local-174-c19\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Zip over hills<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c20\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-201 style-local-174-c20 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>This is for you adrenaline buffs. Let your inhibitions go and Zip across the beautiful hills on the Flying Ravana Zip-line. Fly over tea estates and lush greenery of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c21\" class=\"h-x-container style-202 style-local-174-c21 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c21-group style-202-spacing style-local-174-c21-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-203-outer style-local-174-c22-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c22\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-203 style-local-174-c22 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-198-outer style-local-174-c23-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c23\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-198 style-local-174-c23 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c24\" class=\"d-block style-329 style-local-174-c24 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1742\" height=\"1369\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-245 style-329-image style-local-174-c24-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2.jpg 1742w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2-1024x805.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-IMG_5232-scaled-2-1536x1207.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1742px) 100vw, 1742px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-329-frameImage style-local-174-c24-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c25\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-200 style-local-174-c25 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-200 style-local-174-c25\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Pampering Spa<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c26\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-201 style-local-174-c26 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>LPamper yourself with an Ayurveda spa treatment. Ancient recepies made of natural parts of plants, leaves &amp; flowers ground into a paste. <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c27\" class=\"h-x-container style-202 style-local-174-c27 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c27-group style-202-spacing style-local-174-c27-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-203-outer style-local-174-c28-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c28\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-203 style-local-174-c28 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-3 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-198-outer style-local-174-c29-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c29\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-198 style-local-174-c29 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c30\" class=\"d-block style-330 style-local-174-c30 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-Crab-vadai.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-225 style-330-image style-local-174-c30-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-Crab-vadai.jpg 668w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-Crab-vadai-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-330-frameImage style-local-174-c30-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c31\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-200 style-local-174-c31 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-200 style-local-174-c31\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h4 class=\"\">Street food<\/h4>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c32\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-201 style-local-174-c32 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Dig your teeth into the street food. Crunchy crabs, BBQ chicken, the famous &#8220;Kothu&#8221; and Isso vadai.&nbsp; Enjoy the little food &#8211; Murukku, banana chips &amp; Achcharu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c33\" class=\"h-x-container style-202 style-local-174-c33 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c33-group style-202-spacing style-local-174-c33-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-203-outer style-local-174-c34-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c34\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-203 style-local-174-c34 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n        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<div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c37\" class=\"h-x-container style-440 style-local-174-c37 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c37-group style-440-spacing style-local-174-c37-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-441-outer style-local-174-c38-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c38\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-441 style-local-174-c38 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>More Places<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"174-c43\" id=\"content\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-208 style-local-174-c43 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c44\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-209 style-local-174-c44 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-210-outer style-local-174-c45-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c45\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-210 style-local-174-c45 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c46\" class=\"d-block style-211 style-local-174-c46 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                    <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                      <!---->\n                      <!---->\n                      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-scaled.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-13 style-211-image style-local-174-c46-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-467x350.jpg 467w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_7572-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n                      <div class=\"h-image__frame h-image__frame_shadow h-hide-sm style-211-frameImage style-local-174-c46-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c47\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-437 style-local-174-c47 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                    <p>\n                      <br>\n                    <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c48\" class=\"h-x-container style-435 style-local-174-c48 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c48-group style-435-spacing style-local-174-c48-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-436-outer style-local-174-c49-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c49\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-436 style-local-174-c49 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>More Stories<\/span><\/a>\n                    <\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-212-outer style-local-174-c50-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c50\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-212 style-local-174-c50 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-center align-self-md-center align-self-center\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c51\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-213 style-local-174-c51 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-213 style-local-174-c51\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h3 class=\"\">Amusing stories of Sri Lanka<\/h3>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c52\" class=\"h-lead h-text h-text-component style-214 style-local-174-c52 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>Stories &#8211; a wide variety that will capture your attention.&nbsp; Funny, serious and utterly outrageous.&nbsp;<\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c53\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-0 style-215 style-local-174-c53 position-relative\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-0\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-6 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-216-outer style-local-174-c54-outer\">\n                      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c54\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-216 style-local-174-c54 position-relative\">\n                        <!---->\n                        <!---->\n                        <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                          <!---->\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c55\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-218 style-local-174-c55 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-218 style-local-174-c55\">\n                              <!---->\n                              <!---->\n                              <h5 class=\"\">Fishermen<\/h5>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c56\" class=\"d-block style-331 style-local-174-c56 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                              <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                                <!---->\n                                <!---->\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1549\" height=\"1037\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-246 style-331-image style-local-174-c56-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1.jpg 1549w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugging-1-1536x1028.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1549px) 100vw, 1549px\" \/>\n                                <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-331-frameImage style-local-174-c56-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c57\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-219 style-local-174-c57 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                              <p>Life of fisherman in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c58\" class=\"h-x-container style-335 style-local-174-c58 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c58-group style-335-spacing style-local-174-c58-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-336-outer style-local-174-c59-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c59\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-336 style-local-174-c59 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                              <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-6 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-216-outer style-local-174-c60-outer\">\n                      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c60\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-216 style-local-174-c60 position-relative\">\n                        <!---->\n                        <!---->\n                        <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                          <!---->\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c61\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-218 style-local-174-c61 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-218 style-local-174-c61\">\n                              <!---->\n                              <!---->\n                              <h5 class=\"\">puppets<\/h5>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c62\" class=\"d-block style-332 style-local-174-c62 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                              <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                                <!---->\n                                <!---->\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Puppet-1-A-150x150.jpg\" class=\"style-332-image style-local-174-c62-image\">\n                                <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-332-frameImage style-local-174-c62-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c63\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-219 style-local-174-c63 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                              <p>Puppet shows based on folk drama.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c64\" class=\"h-x-container style-429 style-local-174-c64 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c64-group style-429-spacing style-local-174-c64-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-430-outer style-local-174-c65-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c65\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-430 style-local-174-c65 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                              <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-6 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-216-outer style-local-174-c66-outer\">\n                      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c66\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-216 style-local-174-c66 position-relative\">\n                        <!---->\n                        <!---->\n                        <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                          <!---->\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c67\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-218 style-local-174-c67 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-218 style-local-174-c67\">\n                              <!---->\n                              <!---->\n                              <h5 class=\"\">Gems<\/h5>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c68\" class=\"d-block style-333 style-local-174-c68 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                              <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                                <!---->\n                                <!---->\n                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-cropped-7acbaf38-5fa4-4532-bd73-2862f1052756_gem-tour-around-kandy-ratnapura-beruwala-sri-lanka-medium.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-261 style-333-image style-local-174-c68-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-333-frameImage style-local-174-c68-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c69\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-219 style-local-174-c69 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                              <p>Gems &amp; Gem cutting in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c70\" class=\"h-x-container style-431 style-local-174-c70 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c70-group style-431-spacing style-local-174-c70-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-432-outer style-local-174-c71-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c71\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-432 style-local-174-c71 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                              <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-6 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-216-outer style-local-174-c72-outer\">\n                      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c72\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-216 style-local-174-c72 position-relative\">\n                        <!---->\n                        <!---->\n                        <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                          <!---->\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c73\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-218 style-local-174-c73 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-218 style-local-174-c73\">\n                              <!---->\n                              <!---->\n                              <h5 class=\"\">Flying kites<\/h5>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c74\" class=\"d-block style-334 style-local-174-c74 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-image__frame-container-outer\">\n                              <div class=\"h-image__frame-container\">\n                                <!---->\n                                <!---->\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/writtenbyru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/cropped-IMG_8666-300x274.jpg\" class=\"style-334-image style-local-174-c74-image\">\n                                <div class=\"h-image__frame h-hide-lg h-hide-md h-hide-sm style-334-frameImage style-local-174-c74-frameImage\"><\/div>\n                              <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c75\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-219 style-local-174-c75 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"\">\n                              <p>August is the kite season. Many colourful kites in the sky.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                          <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c76\" class=\"h-x-container style-433 style-local-174-c76 position-relative h-element\">\n                            <!---->\n                            <div class=\"h-x-container-inner style-dynamic-174-c76-group style-433-spacing style-local-174-c76-spacing\"><span class=\"h-button__outer style-434-outer style-local-174-c77-outer d-inline-flex h-element\"><a h-use-smooth-scroll=\"true\" href=\"\"  data-colibri-id=\"174-c77\" class=\"d-flex w-100 align-items-center h-button justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center style-434 style-local-174-c77 position-relative\"><!----><!----> <span>Read More<\/span><\/a>\n                              <\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"174-c82\" id=\"blog-posts\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-293 style-local-174-c82 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c99\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-310 style-local-174-c99 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-311-outer style-local-174-c100-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c100\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-311 style-local-174-c100 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c101\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-312 style-local-174-c101 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-312 style-local-174-c101\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Chit Chat&nbsp;<\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"174-c102\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-313 style-local-174-c102 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p>My&nbsp; 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