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…
On our return to Sri Lanka I was roped into playing a six-a-side cricket competition. Roped in is probably not completely accurate. I willingly volunteered my services. Ok, I begged…
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…
I was recently invited for afternoon tea by a lady called Ramakka. She lives a few streets down from us, on the other side of the train tracks by the…
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…
My hair was looking a bit shabby so I decided to pay a visit to one of the local barbers. Our suburb boasts many fine establishments for one to have…
Last weekend we made the pilgrimage East to the surfing mecca of Arugum bay (aka A Bay). While going South involves clear highways and sloppy waves, going East is traffic…
Is This Too Spicy? 