I went back to SRI LANKA after five and a half years in ENGLAND (spoilt rotten!!!) and working five years in the Hospitality Industry. The only possessions I had from ENGLAND was and expensive Hi- Fi Stereo System and 500 LP Records including Limited Edition US Disco Remixes (I love Music & dancing. It is my life!) and Disco Lights and 100 English Pounds and expensive Cloths and expensive RICOH SLR Camera with all the gadgets.

That time my parents were in AUSTRALIA as my father was doing research at the Monarch University.

I stayed in Colombo with a very lovely couple , Victor and Karuna Abeysekera, they were like second parents to me. I loved Dirt Bikes and I bought my first vehicle (a bike), HONDA XL 250 and had so much fun with my other friends Indrajith, Udi, Shan and Pradeep. OH.. I forgot to tell you I had many accidents too. But I was lucky not to have serious ones.

I was so bored in SRI LANKA, I expected more esp. night life, but I kept myself occupied with work, working in various places in SRI LANKA and gained so much experience in the Hospitality Industry.

This is the time I met my wife, Priyanthi when I was working in Bandarawela, a beautiful hill country, she was working as a Hotel Receptionist and we fell in love and we got married. Our first child, a son called ARAVINDA TIKIRI BANDARA was born on 1st August 1986.

MY FAVORITE PLACES:

THE DEHIWELA ZOO - This is where I met my relatives!

KANDY - The hill country capital, nice cool climate.

NUWERA ELIYA & HAPUTALE - beautiful Tea Plantations, sceneries, water falls and lakes.

BENTOTA BEACH - Sandy beaches, good suntan. I really need one. HA! HA!HA!