I can't really define what it is exactly that attracted me about Kandy. We've spent less than a day here, just had lunch and visited the main temple, but immediately I felt I wouldn't have minded settling there for a couple of months. In Colombo I felt we weren't walking … [Read more...]
Nuwara Eliya, a Sri Lankan treat of tea, lakes and high peaks
Here I am, back to my trip to Sri Lanka. After our stay in Galle and quick jaunt to Yala National Park, my friends and I headed back to Colombo for the second episode of our mutual friend Raashid's wedding (where I regret not having had the time to get myself a bright colorful … [Read more...]
From Galle to Yala’s leopards, remembering the tsunami in southern Sri Lanka
Here I am, back with my Sri Lanka posts. On our first trip out of Colombo we headed south, to Galle precisely, a quaint town of clear Dutch legacy. I knew Sri Lanka suffered from many invasions, not only Dutch, also Portuguese and British, but actually seeing the evident signs … [Read more...]
Enjoying the culture, traditions and ayurveda of Colombo, Sri Lanka
For as much as I enjoyed Pettah district, there are many other places to visit in Colombo. As usual, I tried to have all possible experiences in Sri Lanka's capital, and that includes also arguing with tuk-tuk drivers. I know what you are thinking, I was the foreigner there, if … [Read more...]
Pettah, enjoying the colorful side of Colombo, Sri Lanka
One of my favorite stops during my hectic two-week trip to Sri Lanka has been the colorful, extravagant, loud Pettah, possibily the district in Colombo that seems to be the most redolent of their colonial past than all of others. In Sri Lanka I met other friends and the … [Read more...]
