Explore Sri Lanka

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...

Maureen Seneviratne " ... Lanka was known to the Conqueror as a place where his doctrine should shine in glory ... " (Mahavamsa: 1: 20) Long has this belief been...

Lasanda Kurukulasooriya Has it ever struck you that there may be places of interest to the traveller that many a tout guide or travel agent will not take you to?...

I wonder what the winners buy - One half as precious as the stuff they sell'. One wonders too, with Omar Khayyam, about the tea planters of Sri I.anka, or...

Pinnawela is a quiet little village in typical countryside lying by the side of the river Maha Oya which never runs dry. It is well known the world over as...

Theja Weeratne From the svelte mannequin on the catwalk, to the buxom country wench in the village, Batiks are very popular among the Sri Lankans. You will see the vendors,...