Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka, where the gracious hearted are
There is a story apart from the greenery, wildlife, culture, blue beaches, history, resources and skills that comes to mind when I think about Sri Lanka. The immense hospitality. Fruit one household picked was never eaten alone. It was shared with neighbours. Cooked or uncooked. Step into a house, known or unknown, you will get…
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Sri Lankan Pickle (Sinhala Accharu)
Last year, during the time of the Sinhala New Year, I found myself downright in a pickle kind of a situation. So, I made pickle. Jokes apart, I literally made pickle. This is what happened. The Sri Lankan New Year / the Sinhala Tamil New Year was fast approaching and the usual boasting and gloat…
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Trip to land of leeches–Ilukkumbura, Sri Lanka
So this is one article I dreaded to post. Not because this village was invaded by leeches. But because it is such a beautiful village unknown to many, hidden away amidst the forest and most importantly untouched, that I dread taking part in disposing beautiful untouched scenic villages like this to human polluters. Yes. I…
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A week of Green Gruel – කොළ කැඳ (koḷa kæn̆da)
So we were back in tropical heaven, Sri Lanka, on vacation. Our first week here we were blessed to be able to try out various Kola kenda recipes. Green smoothies, a super healthy and energy boosting drink, enriched with herbs. Sri Lanka has an abundance of these culinary, medicinally valued ingredients. So, I figured I…
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Recollection of day two in Polonnaruwa
So, here’s the rest of my Polonnaruwa trip. (Which apparently took months to publish.) So after the first few day’s in and around a few places in Polonnaruwa we were hoping we would have more luck with the weather. We started our day with perfect Sri Lankan Black Tea. Next we had ourselves a hearty…
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Veralu and Ambarella Accharu
So, we are back in Sri Lanka for a holiday and most of the trees in my mother-in-law’s house are thriving with fruit. Not to mention an abundance of Ambarella, copious Ceylon Olives (Veralu) that keep falling onto the roof and keep waking me up in the night (bah!),Pera (Guava), big voluptuous kind of citrus (Jam bola)…
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Splendour of a bygone era
My husband and I are travel freaks. We love to travel to exotic places and discover routes on the way. Although we both had been to Polonnaruwa before, this trip was memorable and well worth the stay of four days. In my previous article I wrote about Kaudulla Wild Life Sanctuary, which we visited in…
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Kaudulla Wild Life
It’s been a full grown two months since I last published anything. Man, am I so ashamed of myself when I say I was awfully busy, when everybody around the world, not to mention all the praiseworthy bloggers out there are always busy too, but manages to publish something. Well, the ever-so ashamed me is in…
Gayani Jayathilake 