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...
Tourism conferences rarely leave room for emotion. They’re usually about numbers - arrivals, targets, and growth percentages - the la...
So it’s early in the morning and we’re drinking coffee in this Parisian square dating back to 1612. Early is relative; it’s ten t...
In most of the cities I visit, seeking out interesting cemeteries is a must. From Montreal, Edinburgh, Stellenbosch, Kandy, Christchurc...
Luxury hospitality brand Serendipity Retreats is proud to announce that The Cavern, the brand’s unique property in Agrapathana, has b...
They handed me a paper token under a canopy of golden lights and spice-scented air. It wasn’t real currency, but it felt like a passp...
The chatter of a hundred languages rose through the halls of Kuala Lumpur’s World Trade Centre. Somewhere between the aroma of Malays...
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