Tag: Leisure

Sharmini Luther Grand Hotel. Nuwara Eliya. British nostalgia lingers. Photo : Ceylon Tourist Board. When planning your travels around Sri ...

Swarnamali Seneviratne Aerial view of Sigiriya rock. with the ruins of the palace. Photo: Fred R Malvenna Of all the ...

Rohan Maldeniya It was a clear, cold and crisp morning as we wound up the road higher into the misty mountains. ...

Portuguese adventurer Laurenco de Almeida was en route to the Maldive Islands in 1505, when he lost his way. A ...

Raine Amarasinghe Some of the many leopard cubs at the Dehiwela zoo. If in keeping with the norms of zoological ...

Jeya Ratnam "Six months labour of the potter is one stroke to the man-with the cudgel"(Old Sinhalese proverb) Practiced hands ...

Kalpana Isaac The gold painted statue of the seated Buddha at the entrance to the Vihara Maha Devi Park. It was ...

Marko Polo A view of the Hilton International, Colombo, set in its beautifully landscaped gardens.  The fast changing skyline of Colombo ...

Colombo's National Museum mirrors the island's history. Photo courtesy: Ceylon Tourist Board. Rita Sebastian A larger than life Buddha, carved ...

The sailing rhapsodies of a piano concerto resound from cool marble floors clear to the high Victorian ceiling. A glance ...