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Esala Festival Season 2000Esala, the lunar month in the Singhalese calendar ushers in a period of festivities in Sri Lanka and it occurs during the months of July and August. This year the full moon day of Esala falls on 16th of July 2000.
Most of these festivals take the form of a Perehara, a procession conducted mostly [...]
Esala Festival Season 2001
Esala, the lunar month in the Singhalese calendar ushers in a period of festivities in Sri Lanka and it occurs during the months of July and August. This year the full moon day of Esala falls on 5th of July 2001.
Most
of these festivals take the form of a Perehara, a procession
conducted mostly with a [...]
General Facts
The number 1 beach destination in Sri Lanka, the sleepy fishing hamlet Unawatuna has a mythical and historical past, which makes it a very special place.
Mythical Legend
Was Unawatuna one of the beach paradises described in ValmikiÂ’s epic Ramayanaya, as a “seashore dotted with thousands of trees, coconuts and palms dominating, strings of houses [...]
Laksala Remains the State Craft Emporium
Hon. Amarasiri Dodangoda, Minister of Vocational Training and Rural Industries has assured that the Laksala would not be privatised. Laksala, mostly patronised by tourists who look for local crafts at reasonable prices, helped boost countrywide craftsmen engaged in various traditional crafts, who’s products are purchased by Laksala and sold in [...]
General Facts
Nuwara Eliya was by far my favourite place in Sri Lanka. It is however where we lived, so I admit – I’m a bit partial.
Nuwara Eliya is a small town, located way up in the mountains in the south central part of Sri Lanka. In fact, it is the highest [...]
Sri Lanka Travel Guide Jan 2000The People and their Island
Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island just off the southern
coast of India (about the size of Ireland but with 18 million people). The majority are the Sinhalese, who inhabit most of the south and are Buddhists. The main minority are the Tamils, who live mostly in the north [...]
The Tea Factory – Kandapola
The exterior of this remarkable 60-room hotel, 6850 feet above sea level, has been retained exactly as it was when the British planters constructed it in the mid-1930s. It was then the Hethersett Tea Factory, named after a small town outside London.
Its unique selling point is clearly [...]
Sri Lanka Travel Guide – History of GallePersians and Arabs, Chinese and Malays, South Indians, Portuguese and Dutch, English and even Romans appear to have visited Galle in the dim past. In 1344, Ibn Batuta found Moorish vessels in the harbour. The Portuguese came in 1505, blown ashore on their way to the Maldives. In 1640 Galle was [...]
Sri Lanka Travel Guide – Cheap EatsSri Lankan restaurants have a great system of ‘take aways’. You pay far less for food if you simply carry whatever packed food is offered on sale.
Check out SAPID at No. 2A Vajira road, Junction, Bambalapitiya, Colombo for both alternatives. Restaurants in Colombo sell LAMPRAIS, a Dutch variation of the rice and curry [...]
