Travel
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Over the mountains
The sun shone bright over the high risen limestone this morn. The mountains leisurely disrobed foggy petticoats and frills of clouding to display brilliant hemlines of pine to a bypassing hiker. Storytellers and word mongers were already out and about to write nonsense about them. Some turned crude royal families in to stone and lodged…
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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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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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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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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 