We are working with local NGOs to help set up and fund small-scale livelihood projects for vulnerable communities. One of these projects is an agricultural livelihood project in a small…
Birthdays are a serious celebrating, well-wishing extravaganza in Sri Lanka. Your birthday is considered your own personal New Year’s Party and everyone is eager to wish you the best for…
Do you like noise? What? Do you like Noise? Huh? Do you like a cacophony of sound that does not abate for 4 hours? Say Whaaat? Oh yeah and you…
We recently took a trip up into the ‘hill country’ to visit Kandy and the tea plantation’s of Nuwara Eliya and Ella. This part of Sri Lanka is truly spectacular…
On our trip to Arugum Bay we spent a day in the East Coast town of Batticaloa. Batticaloa is a Portuguese derivation of the original Tamil name, Matakkalappu, which translates to Muddy Swamp. That’s a pretty…
(Debut blog by a guest writer: my partner in spice) After a few weeks of being overwhelmed by the colour and chaos of Colombo, I checked in for 7 days…
For the last two weeks I have been bedridden after contracting Dengue Fever, or as it is pronounced here – Dengoo. Or more simply known as, ‘The Fever’ (there can…
Last weekend we took the boards and headed South to the beaches of Mirissa, Weligama, and Hikkaduwa. Sri Lanka has two “tourist seasons” that provide perfect holiday conditions – balmy…
We got ourselves some digs just out of Colombo town. The view from the balcony last night was pretty amazing. Here is just a sample.
Some cities have seagulls, some have pigeons. Seagulls are mentally deranged but at least they present well in their navy whites. Pigeons waddle around like a pack of old nannas in…
Is This Too Spicy? 