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Chitra Ranawake If you zoomed in suddenly upon Sigiriya the Lion Rock (Sinha-Giriya) rising starkly into the sky you would imagine it was a mirage in stone. What strikes you most-its...

Fred R Malvenna Watching Birds : The winged ones can be a most interesting and time absorbing past time for anyone who cares to spend a few days in the...

On the 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place in the "great room" of one Thomas King. in Covent...

Maureen Seneviratne The Kandy Road, which every visitor to Sri Lanka will drive along at least twice - that is, up and down - to Kandy, the hill capital and...

Lasanda Kurukulasuriya In any handicraft shop today, the counter that is most likely to attract the customer's eye as he or she enters is the one that radiates the glow...

Photographs: Gamini Jayasinghe Embekke is the name of a village in Sri Lanka that is virtually synonymous with wood carving. This fairy-tale hamlet is reached by a road that winds...

Shirani Rajapakse A cool relaxed walk in the daytime is certainly not all that tempting, specially with the ever present bright sunshine. Some people just love to walk, it's good...

Wijeratne Muhandiram It was the time when top hat and tails were in fashion in Ceylon. When there were no tourists, but leisurely travellers. When the Galle Face Hotel was...

B C Perera Thai and African jungles, Burmese villages, Indian kingdoms, montane tea plantations, and the depths of the Great Barrier Reef-all these and many other exotic locations have come...

Maureen Seneviratne The art of puppetry in Sri Lanka has a long tradition. The mechanics of the art were known and practised in the 13th century AD. as is recorded...