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Trips around Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Safe, Welcoming and Fun

Sri Lanka has been getting a bad press in the last few months. The media, who always focus on bad news, have reported the serious economic problems and the widespread public protests. But the protests only attract attention when violence […]

31 August 2022

jungle tide photo of tamarind tree
Trips around Sri Lanka
Tamarind Gardens – social responsibility in action

Just before the country went into coronavirus lockdown we visited Tamarind Gardens, near Digana on the eastern side of Kandy. It’s a place we’d heard a lot about but not been to and the opportunity arose because they were holding […]

22 March 2020

Entrance and man in front of pool Sri Lanka
Trips around Sri Lanka
Blogambara!

The Bogambara area of central Kandy is home to a new bus station, a long-standing sports stadium and, oldest of all, the Bogambara prison. Opened in 1876 and closed in 2013 the huge complex was designed to mimic the Bastille […]

13 September 2019