During the late 1950s there was a tall Sri Lankan high jumper called Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham who broke the then Asian Games record and cleared 2.03 metres to win the 1958 gold medal in Tokyo. He was educated at the University of California (UCLA) and was among America’s top five high jumpers.

During the late 1950s there was a tall Sri Lankan high jumper called Nagalingam Ethirveerasingham who broke the then Asian Games record and cleared 2.03 metres to win the 1958 gold medal in Tokyo. He was educated at the University of California (UCLA) and was among America’s top five high jumpers.

so take a break from all the other blogs you read out there to have a look at jenni’s trip to india. she is volunteering in a boy’s home, assisting them with learning some film making for the next 5 weeks or so, then she will travel through northern i…

Vietnam dispatched soldiers to clean up beaches polluted by oil spilling from a capsized tanker, as authorities tried to recover the bodies of 13 sailors who died in the accident.Rescuers have retriev…

As I stand before the magnificent temples I can hardly think of the tumultuous history of the land on which they have been standing for centuries.

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Vietnamese rescue workers had recovered four bodies from a capsized oil tanker yesterday and were trying to contain an oil spill that hit beaches at a southern resort, officials said. About 30 tonnes …

Some of these places are places I’d like to return. Others, I’ve ever been to.

1. Japan - anywhere. I’d like to take a long tour of the whole country - if I could somehow afford it. I’ve been through the airport so many times, and each time the plane takes off, I tell myself that I should get off and stay a few days before going onward.

2. Luangnamtha, Laos - I have friends up there, and