(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Click here for more posts about beach accomodation in Sri Lanka)Matara has some great beaches. What it does not have is some of the best accommodation. Hotels in and around Matara are basic at best and do not use its ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Click here for more posts about beach accomodation in Sri Lanka)Matara has some great beaches. What it does not have is some of the best accommodation. Hotels in and around Matara are basic at best and do not use its best feature. Polhena Reef Garden Hotel, for example, is on a ...

(Click here for more posts about Jaffna Tamil food / cuisine and hotels in Jaffna Sri Lanka) (Click here for more posts about restaurants/places to eat in Sri Lanka) Jaffna's cuisine embraced the peninsula's limitations and evolved in glorious isolation from the Indian subcontinent ...

(Click here for more posts about Jaffna Tamil food / cuisine and hotels in Jaffna Sri Lanka)(Click here for more posts about restaurants/places to eat in Sri Lanka)Jaffna's cuisine embraced the peninsula's limitations and evolved in glorious isolation from the Indian subcontinent and the rest of Sri Lanka. Accordingly, Jaffna food is very different from the rest of Sri Lanka's ...

(Click here for more posts about Jaffna Sri Lanka and its food / cuisine)(Click here for more posts about hotels, guest houses and holiday villas / bungalows in Sri Lanka)Pious pilgrims bundled in buses singing Sinhala songs are going to Jaffna. Swanky socialites piled into Pajeros playing pop ...

(Click here for more posts about Jaffna Sri Lanka and its food / cuisine)(Click here for more posts about hotels, guest houses and holiday villas / bungalows in Sri Lanka)Pious pilgrims bundled in buses singing Sinhala songs are going to Jaffna. Swanky socialites piled into Pajeros playing pop are going to “Jaff”. We like to mix it up so we ...

I spent a lot of time eating out in 2009. These are a few of the standouts:Fine Dining - I've always appreciated the Cinnamon hotels because the food there is good but not overpriced. Their Epicurean menu (LKR 1600++, Thursdays) at Tao, Cinnamon Grand, +94 011 2497369 - a 24 item tasting menus - is a good example. There may ...

I spent a lot of time eating out in 2009. These are a few of the standouts:Fine Dining - I've always appreciated the Cinnamon hotels because the food there is good but not overpriced. Their Epicurean menu (LKR 1600++, Thursdays) at Tao, Cinnamon Grand, +94 011 2497369 - a 24 item tasting menus - is a good example. There may ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Click here for more posts about beach accomodation in Sri Lanka)(More photos and video at end of review)Kalpitiya (around 160km from Colombo, 3.5 to 4 hours drive during the day) is the hype capital of Sri Lankan tourism. "Blah ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Click here for more posts about beach accomodation in Sri Lanka)(More photos and video at end of review)Kalpitiya (around 160km from Colombo, 3.5 to 4 hours drive during the day) is the hype capital of Sri Lankan tourism. "Blah blah Kalpitiya blah blah dolphins blah blah" says everyone from Hi Magazine ...

Jaffna cuisine is Sri Lanka's only indigenous Tamil cuisine. Just like Sri Lankan Malay food, it started off South Indian hundreds of years ago and evolved into its own unique variant. Shamefully, though, if you ask the average Colombo-ite (Colombo-ian?) to take you for Tamil food, you'll likely end up at a South Indian vegetarian place. ...

Jaffna cuisine is Sri Lanka's only indigenous Tamil cuisine. Just like Sri Lankan Malay food, it started off South Indian hundreds of years ago and evolved into its own unique variant. Shamefully, though, if you ask the average Colombo-ite (Colombo-ian?) to take you for Tamil food, you'll likely end up at a South Indian vegetarian place.This is because there are ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka) I'd forgotten Negombo existed as a place to visit. Maybe it's because it's so close. It takes around an hour to drive there from Colombo and it's just fifteen minutes from the airport. It's like going to Moratuwa for a ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)I'd forgotten Negombo existed as a place to visit. Maybe it's because it's so close. It takes around an hour to drive there from Colombo and it's just fifteen minutes from the airport. It's like going to Moratuwa for a vacation. Sometimes, Moratuwa can take longer to get to.But exist it ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Youtube video at end of this post)The Taragala Place Matti Gedaras (mati gedara means clay house in Sinhala) are located right beside the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary, 214km from Colombo. The name comes from Taragala Rock (not ...

(Click here for more posts about hotels in Sri Lanka)(Youtube video at end of this post)The Taragala Place Matti Gedaras (mati gedara means clay house in Sinhala) are located right beside the Kalametiya Bird Sanctuary, 214km from Colombo. The name comes from Taragala Rock (not pronounced thaaraa as in duck but thaara as in tar) inside the sanctuary, which you ...

Stuff Posh People Like: Saivara Fare In Colombo, we're blessed with an abundance of restaurants serving Tamil vegetarian food. The usual suspects like the Mathuras and the Shanthi Vihars litter the streets of Colombo, serving acres and acres of dosa nightly. My favourite such place is a little less well known. It's also not as nice but 1) ...

Stuff Posh People Like: Saivara FareIn Colombo, we're blessed with an abundance of restaurants serving Tamil vegetarian food. The usual suspects like the Mathuras and the Shanthi Vihars litter the streets of Colombo, serving acres and acres of dosa nightly.My favourite such place is a little less well known. It's also not as nice but 1) it's also cheaper 2) ...

If you need a place to stay on your way to Pinnawela (27km), Kurunegala (30km) or Kandy (60km) or you just want a quiet place to hang out for a weekend, you could do a lot worse than Thirasara Leisure Village ...

If you need a place to stay on your way to Pinnawela (27km), Kurunegala (30km) or Kandy (60km) or you just want a quiet place to hang out for a weekend, you could do a lot worse than Thirasara Leisure Village in Thulhiriya. Actually, you'd have to go pretty far in any direction to find a better place in this ...