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Moonstone mines and masks for devil dancing: Galle offbeat things to do

Last updated: October 25, 2026 Okay, so I found Galle to be immensely boring. In my eyes, the UNESCO Heritage […]

January 30, 2020

I stopped for a night at Koggala on my way to Galle from Mirissa. The transfer was by local bus […]

January 29, 2020

Mirissa smelled of heavy salty wet air, damp greenery, and petrol fumes. I arrived there on the afternoon from Colombo […]

January 28, 2020

Colombo as a capital city of Sri Lanka does not offer a bundle of attractions. It is crowded, congested and […]

January 27, 2020

Last updated: October 25, 2026 The Colpetty or Kollupitiya Market is heralded by the senior Colombites as a tradition that […]

January 26, 2020

Colombo still brings to me memories of salty sea air, puttering colourful tuk-tuks, satiny golden coconuts, large vermillion silk floss […]

January 26, 2020

When I was in Sri Lanka the monsoon was in full swing. The little teardrop-shaped island was lashed by angry […]

January 25, 2020

Talay Buadaeng or the Red Lotus Sea is technically not red. It is of a bright bubblegum pink colour and […]

January 8, 2020

Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan country which goes by a lot of names. It is often called ‘the land of […]

August 23, 2018

Pak Khlong Talk is hands down the prettiest place in Bangkok. It is also the most fragrant. In fact, you […]

March 6, 2017