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The stilt fishermen and cave temple of Koggala

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

The Colpetty or Kollupitiya Market is heralded by the senior Colombites as a tradition that prevailed against the odds of […]

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

Indonesia is an immense archipelago that consists of more than 17,000 islands. Out of them, some are as obscure as […]

September 9, 2019

‘Bedugul’ in Bali is sometimes referred to as the whole lakeside area. This might make this destination seem bizarre, but […]

September 8, 2019

I consider East Bali to be the most naturally beautiful part of the island. Life is slow there, the coastal scenery […]

September 7, 2019