Every nation tells stories about itself. Some do it through museums. Others through history books, national anthems or political speech...
Over the last two decades, we have probably stayed in accommodation or rented a villa more than forty times in Thalpe, near Galle. Ther...
My travelling partner is my intrepid Bangalore buddy known as Darby. He created one of the most scenic wineries and vineyards in India....
I’m a daily walker living opposite Galle Face Green and the sea. I draw the curtains most days and feel blessed, whether it’s rain,...
Kandy is my least favourite city in Sri Lanka. Every visit confirms it: traffic, pollution, and a general sense that the place is a bit...
Tokyo, the largest railway station in the world, is our starting point. Our goal is the amazing Mount Fuji, the holy symbolic cone and ...
David Livingstone was the first white explorer to see the Victoria Falls in central Africa in 1865. The Zambezi River drops 354 feet in...
We are climbing up to five thousand eight hundred feet above sea level, heading to the little village of Ohiya. The van driver manages...
Seven of us set off to Trincomalee, on the east coast of Sri Lanka facing the Indian Ocean. There are a number of targets for me beyond...
We set off from The Rocks to visit New Town, Sydney, about a twenty minute taxi drive away. It is not a new town at all. In fact, it da...
I’m sitting at a railway station, and I have a ticket for a destination. Part of the charm and nostalgia of travelling in Sri Lanka i...
We arrive at Kyoto Station, flash our two-week Japan Rail card and get to our platform easily. Where we stand on the platform becomes a...
The British occupation of Colombo created the heyday of Fort. It was a gateway to the British Empire, north, east and west. This area w...
The ferry leaves from wharf 3 circular Quay Sydney . It’s mid-week and mid-day, so only thirty percent full. Departure time is fixed...
We land in Sydney, and the Rocks have heavy rain, and it’s late in the evening. A pleasant, young, well-educated Indian taxi driver ...
So here we are in Christchurch, fifteen years after the last earthquake, 185 lives lost and many injured. This is our second visit sinc...
It’s an early train to Nara from Kyoto, Japan. It is about a forty-five-minute journey. This is perfect as it gives us five hours in ...
I walked into the British Memorial Centre not really knowing what to expect, and I walked out feeling unusually quiet, grounded, and re...
We decide to walk from Tribeca to the High Line northwards along the Hudson waterfront in New York. We are heading to the development o...
Koneswaram was one of those mornings where I didn’t go with a plan; I just went with the intention to breathe. And honestly, that’s...
There is something very Sri Lankan about wanting to get away without actually going away. The desire is not to disappear, but to create...
Let me tell you something. Some places don’t just welcome you… They emotionally adopt you. That was my weekend at Uppuveli Beach by...
I’m sure most of us living in Sri Lanka have visited locations on the island that include a Fort . The most likely example is Galle ...
I thought I knew Unawatuna well. I had been there enough times to believe I had already formed an opinion, enough visits for it to slip...
We head out on a twenty-metre yacht from Skopelos to Alonnisos, both islands of the Northern Sporades of Greece. The biggest island of ...
We have had over thirty nights’ stay at this seafront southern town or stretch of Koggala, both before and after the 2004 tsunami. It...
In my late teen years, I would spend many weekends in Newark-on-Trent in Middle Midlands. For the one to five months of good weather ea...
I recently spent a half day in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Peradeniya, Kandy, which was my first visit. Appalling, considering I’v...
The large ten-kilometre Weligama Bay is one of the most beautiful beaches on the island of Sri Lanka. It is known as the Riviera of the...
