Logan Beardsley The people begin to gather by Kandy's famous lake from morning. Whole families, sometimes the population of entire villages from near and distant hills, take up every available...
Read moreMil Sansoni The Gardens have been romanticised by legend and fantasy as a queen's pleasure garden and, more factually perhaps, as a king's spice garden. History tells us that there...
Read moreColombo's International Airport at Katunayake is fast keeping pace with the new passenger demands for convenience, speed, and safety in a special facilities development programme. Many new facilities have been...
Read moreHans Baedeker Deep in the jungle fastness of Ruhuna in southeastern Sri Lanka is a shrine which the traditions of more than two thousand years have made into one of the...
Read moreLucien Rajakarunanayake Lankatilaka Vihara, Handessa, Kandy Many a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka is a rare gallery of art. While the massive proportions, and yet serene appearance, of the Buddha...
Read moreShirani Rajapakse The rugged young man tanned a dark brown by the blazing sun sits down on the payment. He rummages inside one of his dirty cloth bags and brings...
Read moreVirginia Diehl Mention the word "Poker" in America and it conjures up images of card games played in smoke-filled saloons in the Wild West, or in modern-day elegant card rooms...
Read moreYvonne Shokman Polonnaruwa, situated 102km to the east of Anuradhapura, was the second royal city of medieval Sri Lanka. It served as the nation's capital from 1070-1255 AD. Unlike Anuradhapura, which...
Read moreWhy don't you try a little of the local stuff?" asked my chauffeur-guide-friend as we cooled off by beautiful Weligame Bay at the end of a pleasant but tiring day....
Read moreChandra Perera The economic policies of the government are designed to attract foreign investment on a large scale to build up the country's economy. Foreign investments are protected by specific....
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