A few weeks back I travelled to Kandy and on the way passed the now reconstructed Kadugannaawa ambalama (wayside rest) that stood against the thickets of the Kadugannawa hill, when I was reminded of the last verse of the famous poem ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost… The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have ...
Sri Lankans are usually known for our warm smiles and good hospitality. But do we know for sure if this is truly the view of the tourists that visit SL? Recently I came across two incidents that questioned this statement. 1. I was lunching at a restaurant when I over heard two tourists (a guy and a girl) who had just ...
So this morning as I was coming to work (in a tuk) I decided to keep track of the colours of tuks I saw. Apart from Red, Green, Blue and Off-White which are the most common colours, there were Metalic Orange, Pastel Orange, Pastel Yellow, Apple Green, Metalic Purple, Pastel Purple, Metalic Brown, Black, White and 1 Pink tuk-tuk! I believe these ...
As much as WTC and Galle-face-green are icons of Colombo, it seems like somehow our multi-coloured tuk-tuks have also achieved iconic status! It is hard to find a photograph of the streets of Colombo without a tuk in it. In fact one could assume that tuks do make the majority of vehicles on the road at any given time. Therefore it is ...
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