Colombo by Night: An Evening of Enjoyment
A full year has now past since EXPLORE SRI IANKA augmented Colombo's increasingly exciting nightlife by introducing its unique entertainment ...
Tag: Leisure
Galle Face Colombo’s Green Promenade
A sight so common but very dear and still admired is Colombo's Galle Face Green. In the early morning rush ...
Aquatic birds at the Zoo
Jeya Ratnam The National Zoological Gardens, a mile or two south of Colombo's city limits, is one of Asia's most ...
Royal Botanical Gardens at Peradeniya
Mil Sansoni The Gardens have been romanticised by legend and fantasy as a queen's pleasure garden and, more factually perhaps, ...
Sidewalk Shows in Colombo
Shirani Rajapakse The rugged young man tanned a dark brown by the blazing sun sits down on the payment. He ...
Profitable Poker: The Game of Money
Virginia Diehl Mention the word "Poker" in America and it conjures up images of card games played in smoke-filled saloons ...
Fishing Hamlet to Tourist Resort Hikkaduwa through the Centuries
Maureen Seneviratne A tourist once proudly claimed that he had received a letter from home in Europe merely addressed to ...
Underwater Discoveries: From Diving Bell to Scuba
Anne Outwater People have been diving in Sri Lanka since at least 1864, when Eugene De Ransonnet, the Viennese painter ...
On the Trail of Tranquility
Rohan Maldeniya The water broadened out as we came to a stop by the riverside. On the river, watermen were ...
Mt Lavinia: Sun, Sea, Sand and a Governor’s Tryst
Vilma Wimaladasa Mount Lavinia just south of Colombo city is among the best known of Sri Lanka's many seaside resorts. ...