We last visited Yapahuwa in 2001, so a return visit was long overdue. Yapahuwa deserves to be much better known, but it is away from the main tourist routes, being located midway between Kurunegala and Puttalam, neither city much visited […]
Wet season in the dry zone. Paddy planting in full swing. We’ve been to Wilpattu many times – it’s our favourite national park as well as Sri Lanka’s largest – but never before via the back door from the side […]
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 […]
Public transport in Sri Lanka is cheap, but the railway network is very limited and on most lines there are few trains. Buses run everywhere but can be very crowded and uncomfortable. So it is no surprise that many visitors […]
Introduction We often visit the Trip Advisor Sri Lanka Travel Forum, both to learn more from the various experts who answer questions and occasionally to add our own thoughts and advice in response to questions. After people seeking advice on […]
Sri Lanka is a somewhat complicated place when it comes to choosing your holiday wardrobe. There are dry zones and wet zones (varying according to the time of year); hot, sunny beaches and cool, cloudy mountains; and cultural and religious […]
A couple of years ago we were driving north on the A2 coast road between Hikkaduwa and Bentota when we passed a building advertising itself as a Puppet Museum. We’d already flashed past and had a deadline but made a […]
The Bawa brothers, Geoffrey and Bevis, are among Sri Lanka’s best known non-political figures alongside such people as the writer Michael Oondatje. Geoffrey, the younger brother, eventually became an architect whose works range from large hotels such as the Kandalama […]
We are not health professionals or experts in any way, so please read what follows with that in mind. If you need professional advice, turn to others. But we have learned a lot through living here and we hope and […]
Sri Lanka is one of the safest places to visit in the world. Not just in the developing/majority world but the whole world! This may seem a strange statement to make about a country which recently experienced Asia’s longest civil […]
