The warm Sri Lankan welcome for visitor i evident at the customs counters of the Colombo International Airport where affable,...

Deloraine Brohier rises early to participate in an ancient Hindu ritual. Suresh de Silva The entrance to Kataragama. Pilgrims wending...

Barfly The bar counter at the Meridien is good for gathering with friends There's good news for the dedicated drinker...

Iris Manampery Masked dancers join with gay abandon. On the way down from Colombo to Galle is the village of...

On her travels in the Hill Country Florence Ratwatte discovers... A drive down a sleepy country road bordered by terraced...

Photos: Suresh de Silva Six months labour of the potter is one stroke to the man with a cudgel. Earthenware...

Maureen Seneviratne does some tree-spotting. One of the most beautiful trees is the venerable tree of patriarchal proportions, especially charming...

A legend retold by Iris Manampery Anuradhapura is an ancient capital situated 240km north of Colombo. It is a historian's...

Richard Simon The Pizzeria - Inter Continental Like lovers, schizophrenics and mating crustaceans the island of Sri Lanka is definitely...

Maureen Seneviratne Veddahs – descendants of King Vijaya and Kuveni. Scene from a play 'Sinhabahu' (Suresh de Silva) From 500...